 He was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of mission of MINUSTAH, having assumed the functions of acting head of mission in the immediate aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, in which the previous head of mission, Hédi Annabi of Tunisia, perished.Mulet served a previous term in this position between June 2006 and August 2007.Immediately prior to taking up his post, he was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.