Her Excellency
Amina J. Mohammed
GCON
Amina J. Mohammed in London 2018
5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Assumed office
1 January 2017
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byJan Eliasson
Minister of Environment
In office
11 November 2015 – 15 December 2016
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari
Preceded byLawrencia Laraba-Mallam
Succeeded byIbrahim Usman Jibril
Personal details
Born
Amina Jane Mohammed

(1961-06-27) 27 June 1961 (age 62)
Liverpool, England
Citizenship
ChildrenNadine Ibrahim
EducationThe Buchan School
Alma materHenley Management College

Amina Jane Mohammed[1] GCON[2] (born 27 June 1961) is a British Nigerian diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016[3] and was a player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process. She is also Chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

Early life and education

Amina Jane Mohammed was born in Liverpool, England, on June 27, 1961[4] to a Hausa-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 Buchan School on the Isle of Man.[6] She further attended Henley Management College in 1989.[7] After she finished her studies her father demanded she return to Nigeria. [5]

Career

Between 1981 and 1991, 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 1991 and served as its Executive Director until 2001.[9]

From 2002 until 2005, Amina Mohammed coordinated the Task Force on Gender and Education for the United Nations Millennium Project.[10]

Amina later acted as the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2005, 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.[11]

A. 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-2015 Development Agenda[12] and the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[13] She also chaired the Advisory Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Monitoring Report on Education (GME).[14]

From 2012, Amina Mohammed was a key player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process, serving as the Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 development planning.[15][16] 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.[17] From 2014, she also served on the Secretary-General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[18]

Minister of the Environment (2015–2017)

Amina J. Mohammed served as Federal Minister of Environment in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari from November 2015 to February 2017.[19] During that time, she was Nigeria's representative in the African Union (AU) Reform Steering Committee, chaired by Paul Kagame.[20] She resigned from the Nigerian Federal Executive Council on 24 February 2017.[21]

In 2017, 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.[22][23][24] The Nigerian government has denied the claims.[25]

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (2017–present)

Mohammed with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in 2022

In January 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced his intention to appoint Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.[26] In this capacity, she is a member of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG).[27]

Other activities

Recognition

Personal life

Mohammed's daughter, Nadine Ibrahim, is a film director.[38]

The Amina Mohammed Skills Acquisition Centre

The Amina J Muhammed 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.[39]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - Participants" (PDF). United Nations. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FULL LIST: Okonjo-Iweala, Abba Kyari... FG nominates 437 persons for national honours". TheCable. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ Oak TV. "Amina J. Mohammed resumes at the Federal Ministry of Environment as Minister". Oak.tv. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Sustainable Development Solutions Network | Amina Mohammed". unsdsn.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b Mark Seddon (26 May 2017). "'Why is she here?': the Nigerian herder's daughter who became UN deputy chief". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ Hester Lacey (December 7, 2017), Amina J Mohammed on Nigeria, leadership and the UN Financial Times.
  7. ^ Federal Ministry of Environment Archived 2019-10-30 at the Wayback Machine Federal Government of Nigeria.
  8. ^ "Nigeria: MDGs and Amina Az-Zubair's Footprint 24-November-2011". Allafrica.com. 24 November 2011.
  9. ^ Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning United Nations, press release of June 7, 2012.
  10. ^ Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning United Nations, press release of June 7, 2012.
  11. ^ Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning United Nations, press release of June 7, 2012.
  12. ^ "The Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of eminent persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda | United Nations Secretary-General". www.un.org. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  13. ^ "UN Data Revolution". UN Data Revolution. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  14. ^ Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning United Nations, press release of June 7, 2012.
  15. ^ Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning United Nations, press release of June 7, 2012.
  16. ^ Kaye Wiggins (June 2, 2015), UN sets sights on sustainable development goals Financial Times.
  17. ^ ProsperCSIS (23 July 2014). "Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning".
  18. ^ Independent Expert Advisory Group Members The UN Secretary General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.
  19. ^ Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General United Nations.
  20. ^ AU Reforms Advisory Committee African Union.
  21. ^ Oak Tv. "Amina J. Mohammed's emotional speech as she steps down as Nigeria's Environment Minister". oak.tv. Oak TV. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  22. ^ "U.N.'s No. 2, Amina Mohammad, accused in Chinese scam". Japan Times. 10 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  23. ^ "UN's number two accused in Chinese scam to import Nigerian rosewood". 9 November 2017.
  24. ^ "New Allegations Challenge the Environment Record of Top U.N. Official". 9 November 2017.
  25. ^ "Rosewood Export: UN's Amina Mohammed did no wrong, Nigerian govt says". 12 November 2017.
  26. ^ Secretary-General Announces Intention to Appoint Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria Deputy Secretary-General United Nations, press release of January 3, 2017.
  27. ^ Members of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance World Health Organization (WHO).
  28. ^ High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations Archived 11 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Africa Europe Foundation (AEF).
  29. ^ Board of Directors Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data.
  30. ^ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
  31. ^ Leadership World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders.
  32. ^ Amina Mohammed to Receive Ford Family Notre Dame Award University of Notre Dame, press release of November 4, 2015.
  33. ^ Shelbie Bostedt (November 13, 2017), Diplomat of the Year Honoree Amina J. Mohammed Discusses Future of United Nations Foreign Policy.
  34. ^ Waweru, Nduta (8 July 2018). "Deputy Secretary-General of the U.N. Amina J. Mohammed crowned Queen in Niger". Face2FaceAfrica. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  35. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  36. ^ Rodriguez, Leah (13 December 2019). "Meet the Winner of the 2019 Global Citizen World Leader Prize". Global Citizen.
  37. ^ "FULL LIST: Okonjo-Iweala, Abba Kyari... FG nominates 437 persons for national honours". TheCable. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  38. ^ Okoro, Enuma (4 March 2017). "Nadine Ibrahim: I want to tell stories that can change the world". Guardian Woman. Guardian Newspapers. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  39. ^ Online, Tribune (1 July 2021). "Inuwa inaugurates Amina Mohammed skills acquisition centre in Gombe". Tribune Online. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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