RFE/RL Strengthens Editorial Support, Welcomes News Executives Ilves, Sukhotski, Boehler
December 22, 2020
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WASHINGTON - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is pleased to announce that Andres Ilves will be returning to the U.S. international media organization as the Regional Director overseeing and providing support to RFE/RL’s language services for Iran, Afghanistan, and northwest Pakistan, effective February 1, 2021.
As he returns, Ilves brings an intimate understanding of RFE/RL’s work to a transformed, digital-first media company. This will be Ilves’ third tour with RFE/RL. From 1984-1989, he worked as a journalist and researcher with the first incarnation of Radio Free Afghanistan. He returned in 2002-2004, first as the director of the relaunched service to Afghanistan, and then as the first director of Radio Farda, at the time a joint RFE/RL-VOA project for the people of Iran.