Nigeria’s former minister of environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed has been re-appointed as deputy secretary general of the United Nations.
António Guterres on Friday asked Mohammed to serve as his deputy for a second term, shortly after the UN General Assembly re-appointed him.
Guterres’ second term starts on January 1, 2022, and will run for a period of five years.
He succeeded Ban Ki-moon in January 2017 as the ninth secretary-general.
While speaking with journalists after taking the oath of office for a second term, he said had extended an offer to Mohammed to continue in office.
“After being elected, I have the pleasure to invite the deputy secretary general to remain in my second mandate and I hope she will accept,” he said.
Mohammed, who was standing behind Guterres at the press briefing, responded with the comment “absolute honour”.
Mohammed is a diplomat and politician serving as the fifth deputy secretary general of the UN.
She had also served as the special adviser to Ban Ki-moon on post-2015 development planning, which focused on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals.
She was Nigeria’s cabinet minister from 2015 to 2016 and was a key player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process.
Mohammed was born in Liverpool, the UK, to a Nigerian veterinarian-officer and a British nurse.
She is the eldest of five daughters.
