Takahisa Kawakami (川上 隆久, Kawakami Takahisa, born 5 January 1950 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan) was the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).[1] He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on 2 September 2008.[2]