Horacio Boneo

Horacio Boneo was a Senior Fellow during 1994 at the United States Institute of Peace - has been involved in electoral assistance and observation in more than sixty countries. Between 1988 and 1999 he was Deputy Chief of Mission for the UN Electoral Observation Missions in Nicaragua - the first time the UN observed and election in a member state - Haiti and El Salvador, Director of the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations, Director of Programs at International IDEA and Interregional Adviser in Democratic Governance at the UN Secretariat. Since 2000, he has served as a consultant on issues of democratic governance and elections for the UN, the UNDP, the Swedish International Development Agency, the National Democratic Institute, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. He has written several books and articles on electoral matters, regional development, the role of the state, and public enterprises in Latin America. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.