Mounir Bouchenaki is presently Director of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage based in Bahrain.
He was elected Director-General of ICCROM from March 2006 to 31 December 2011.
His appointment at ICCROM followed a career of 25 years at UNESCO, where he was successively Chief of Section for operational activities (1982 – 1990), Director of the Division of Cultural Heritage (1991 – 1998), Director of the World Heritage Centre (1998 – 2000) Assistant Director-General for Culture from December 2000 to February 2006.
In his own country, Algeria, Mr. Bouchenaki was Curator of the archaeological site and museum of Tipasa, then Chief Curator and Director of Antiquities, Museums and Historic Monuments in the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Information from 1966 to 1981.
He holds a Ph.D. in archaeology and ancient history from the Humanities and Arts. He published several books and articles on ancient history of Algeria and on safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in UNESCO publications.
He is currently Special Advisor to ICCROM and Special Advisor for Cultural Heritage to UNESCO.