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Amina J. Mohammed

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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).

Her Excellency
Amina J. Mohammed
GCON
Mohammed in 2023
5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Incumbent
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 63)
Liverpool, England
Citizenship
  • Nigeria
  • United Kingdom
ChildrenNadine Ibrahim
EducationThe Buchan School
Alma materHenley Management College

Amina Jane Mohammed[1] GCON[2] (born 27 June 1961) is a Muslim 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 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

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Amina Jane Mohammed is Muslim and was born in Liverpool, England, on 27 June 1961[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 1989 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

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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.[9]

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.

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-2015 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 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.[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 2014, she also served on the Secretary-General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development.[13]

Minister of the Environment (2015–2017)

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Amina J. Mohammed served as Federal Minister of the Environment in the First Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari from November 2015 to February 2017.[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 2017.[16]

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.[17][18][19] The Nigerian government has denied the claims.[20]

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

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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.[21] In this capacity, she is a member of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG).[22]

Other activities

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Recognition

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Personal life

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

The Amina Mohammed Skills Acquisition Centre

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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.[34]

Bibliography

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  • Kabir, Hajara Muhammad,. Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

References

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  1. ^ "UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - Participants" (PDF). United Nations. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Full List: Okonjo-Iweala, Abba Kyari... FG nominates 437 persons for national honours". TheCable. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ "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 Seddon, Mark (26 May 2017). "'Why is she here?': the Nigerian herder's daughter who became UN deputy chief". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ Lacey, Hester (7 December 2017). "Amina J Mohammed on Nigeria, leadership and the UN". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Federal Ministry of Environment". Federal Government of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Nigeria: MDGs and Amina Az-Zubair's Footprint". Daily Trust. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via allAfrica.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Secretary-General Appoints Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning". United Nations. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "UN Data Revolution". UN Data Revolution. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  12. ^ Wiggins, Kaye (2 June 2015). "UN sets sights on sustainable development goals". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Independent Expert Advisory Group Members". Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General". United Nations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  15. ^ AU Reforms Advisory Committee African Union.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "U.N.'s No. 2, Amina Mohammad, accused in Chinese scam". The Japan Times. 10 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  18. ^ "UN's number two accused in Chinese scam to import Nigerian rosewood". 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  19. ^ "New Allegations Challenge the Environment Record of Top U.N. Official". Foreign Policy. 9 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Rosewood Export: UN's Amina Mohammed did no wrong, Nigerian govt says". 12 November 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Secretary-General Announces Intention to Appoint Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria Deputy Secretary-General". United Nations. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Members of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance". World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  23. ^ "High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations" (PDF). Africa Europe Foundation (AEF). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  24. ^ Board of Directors Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data.
  25. ^ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
  26. ^ Leadership World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders.
  27. ^ a b "Amina J. Mohammed". Kellog. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Amina Mohammed to Receive Ford Family Notre Dame Award". University of Notre Dame. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  29. ^ Bostedt, Shelbie (13 November 2017). "Diplomat of the Year Honoree Amina J. Mohammed Discusses Future of United Nations". Foreign Policy.
  30. ^ Waweru, Nduta (8 July 2018). "Deputy Secretary-General of the U.N. Amina J. Mohammed crowned Queen in Niger". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  31. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  32. ^ Rodriguez, Leah (13 December 2019). "Meet the Winner of the 2019 Global Citizen World Leader Prize". Global Citizen. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  33. ^ Okoro, Enuma (4 March 2017). "Nadine Ibrahim: I want to tell stories that can change the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  34. ^ Abdulkareem, Aliyu (1 July 2021). "Inuwa inaugurates Amina Mohammed skills acquisition centre in Gombe". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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Positions in intergovernmental organisations
Preceded by Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
2017–present 		Incumbent
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