Amina j mohammed biography

Amina J. Mohammed

United Nations official (born )

This article is about the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations. For the Kenyan Sports minister, see Amina Mohamed. For the Egyptian dancer, actress and film director, see Amina Mohamed (film director).

Amina Jane Mohammed[1]GCON[2] (born 27 June ) is a Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the 5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from to [3] and was a player in the Post Development Agenda process. She is also Chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

Early life and education

Amina Jane Mohammed is Muslim and was born in Liverpool, England, on 27 June [4] to a Fulani Nigerian veterinarian-officer and a British nurse. She is the eldest of five daughters.[5]

Amina J. Mohammed attended a primary school in Kaduna and Maiduguri in Nigeria and The Buchan School on the Isle of Man.[6] She further attended Henley Management College in but she does not hold a formal bachelor's degree.[7] After she finished her studies her father demanded she return to Nigeria.[5]

Career

Between and , Amina J. Mohammed worked with Archcon Nigeria, an architectural design firm in association with Norman and Dawbarn United Kingdom.[8] She founded Afri-Projects Consortium in and served as its Executive Director until [9]

From until , Amina Mohammed coordinated the Task Force on Gender and Education for the United Nations Millennium Project.[9]

Amina later acted as the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In , she was charged with the coordination of Nigeria's debt relief funds toward the achievement of the MDGs. Her mandate included designing a Virtual Poverty Fund with innovative approaches to poverty reduction, budget coordination and monitoring, as well as providing advice on pertinent issues regarding poverty, public sector reform and sustainable development.

Amina Mohammed later became the founder and CEO of the Center for Development Policy Solutions and as an Adjunct Professor for the Master's in Development Practice program at Columbia University. During that time, she served on numerous international advisory boards and panels, including the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Post Development Agenda[10] and the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[11] She also chaired the Advisory Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Monitoring Report on Education (GME).[9]

From , Amina Mohammed was a key player in the Post Development Agenda process, serving as the Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post development planning.[9][12] In this role, she acted as the link between the Secretary-General, his High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP), and the General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG), among other stakeholders.[9] From , she also served on the Secretary-General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[13]

Minister of the Environment (–)

Amina J. Mohammed served as Federal Minister of the Environment in the First Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari from November to February [14] During that time, she was Nigeria's representative in the African Union (AU) Reform Steering Committee, chaired by Paul Kagame.[15] She resigned from the Nigerian Federal Executive Council on 24 February [16]

In , Amina Mohammed was accused by an advocacy group of granting illegal permits to Chinese firms to import endangered Nigerian timber during her term as Nigeria's environment minister.[17][18][19] The Nigerian government has denied the claims.[20]

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (–present)

In January , United Nations Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres announced his intention to appoint Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.[21] In this capacity, she is a member of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG).[22]

Other activities

  • Africa Europe Foundation (AEF), Member of the High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations (since )[23]
  • Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, member of the Board of Directors (since )[24]
  • ActionAid, International Right to Education Project, member of the Advisory Board
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Member of the Global Development Program's Advisory Board
  • Hewlett Foundation, member of the Board
  • International Development Research Centre, member of the Board of Governors
  • International Gender Champions (IGC), Member[25]
  • Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC), member of the Advisory Board
  • World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders, member of the Board[26]

Recognition

Personal life

Mohammed's daughter, Nadine Ibrahim, is a film director.[33]

The Amina Mohammed Skills Acquisition Centre

The Amina Mohammed Skills Acquisition Centre which is located along the Gombe bye-pass was constructed by the SDGs in partnership with the Government of Gombe in order to honour the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Hajiya Amina Mohammed's contributions to social, political and cultural boundaries. The skills acquisition centre named after her seeks to offer instruments for economic empowerment and also to provide various life-skills trainings for young people in many areas of life.[34]

Bibliography

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  17. ^"U.N.'s No. 2, Amina Mohammad, accused in Chinese scam". The Japan Times. 10 November Archived from the original on 27 July Retrieved 30 November
  18. ^"UN's number two accused in Chinese scam to import Nigerian rosewood". 9 November Retrieved 8 September
  19. ^"New Allegations Challenge the Environment Record of Top U.N. Official". Foreign Policy. 9 November
  20. ^"Rosewood Export: UN's Amina Mohammed did no wrong, Nigerian govt says". 12 November Retrieved 8 September
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  24. ^Board of Directors Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data.
  25. ^MembersInternational Gender Champions (IGC).
  26. ^LeadershipWorld Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders.
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  30. ^Waweru, Nduta (8 July ). "Deputy Secretary-General of the U.N. Amina J. Mohammed crowned Queen in Niger". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 19 October
  31. ^"BBC Women Who is on the list?". BBC News. 19 November Retrieved 20 April
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  33. ^Okoro, Enuma (4 March ). "Nadine Ibrahim: I want to tell stories that can change the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October
  34. ^Abdulkareem, Aliyu (1 July ). "Inuwa inaugurates Amina Mohammed skills acquisition centre in Gombe". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 8 September

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