Secretary-General Announces Intention to Appoint Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria Deputy Secretary-General

The following senior staff appointment was announced on 15 December 2016 by then-Secretary-General-designate António Guterres:

I am pleased to announce that I will be appointing Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as my Deputy Secretary-General.

Ms. Mohammed is currently Minister for Environment of Nigeria, where she steers the country’s efforts to protect the natural environment and conserve resources for sustainable development.

Prior to that role, she served as Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning, where she was instrumental in bringing about the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals.

Before joining the United Nations, Ms. Mohammed worked for three successive administrations in Nigeria, serving as Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals, providing advice on issues including poverty, public sector reform and sustainable development, and coordinating poverty reduction interventions.

She is also an Adjunct Professor in Development Practice at Columbia University, and serves on numerous international advisory boards and panels, including the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda, the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Sustainability Panel, the African Women’s Millennium Initiative, Girl Effect and the ActionAid International Right to Education Project.

Born in 1961 and educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, Ms. Mohammed is married and has six children.

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*     This supersedes Press Release SG/A/1349-BIO/4373-DEV/2944 of 7 June 2012.