Mohammed, Amina J., 1961-

LC control no.	no2020047010
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mohammed, Amina J., 1961- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	England Great Britain Nigeria
Associated place	United States
Birth date	1961-06-27
Place of birth	Liverpool (England)
Field of activity	Economic development Sustainable development Education
Affiliation	United Nations UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Education and Gender Equality Unesco. Global Monitoring Report on Education Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Environment Center for Development Policy Solutions ARCHCON (Firm) Afri-Project Consortium Columbia University
Found in	Making the sustainable development goals (SDGs) work for people in Africa, 2016: page xvii (Amina J. Mohammed (OFR), Honourable Minister of Environment, Federal Republic of Nigeria; keynote address) Wikipedia, April 2 2020 (Amina J. Mohammed; Amina Jane Mohammed, born 27 June 1961, Liverpool, UK, to a Nigerian veterinarian and a British nurse; British and Nigerian citizenship; attended primary school in Kaduna and Maiduguri, Buchan School, Isle of Man, and Henley Management College (1989); worked with Archcon Nigeria, an architectural design firm, 1981-1991; in 1991 she founded Afri-Project Consortium, and was its executive director until 2001; coordinated the Task Force on Gender and Education for the United Nations Millennium Project, 2002-2005; was senior special assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); in 2005 she was charged with coordination of Nigeria's debt relief funds toward achievement of the MDGs; founder and CEO, Center for Development Policy Solutions; adjunct professor for Master's in Development Practice, Columbia University, during which time she served on numerous international advisory boards and panels; chaired the Advisory Board of the UNESCO Global Monitoring Report on Education (GME); from 2012 she was a key player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process, serving as special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Minister of the Environment 2015-2017 in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as Nigeria representative in the African Union Reform Steering Committee; apointed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2017)
Associated language	eng