Babatunde Osotimehin
Babatunde Osotimehin (6 February 1949 – 4 June 2017) was a Nigerian public servant and United Nations official.
Babatunde Osotimehin | |
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 Osotimehin speaking at the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012 | |
| Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund | |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 4 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Thoraya Obaid |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Federal Minister of Health | |
| In office 17 December 2008 – 17 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Adenike Grange |
| Succeeded by | C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1949 Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Died | 4 June 2017 (aged 68) New York, United States[1] |
| Children | 5 |
Osotimehun was appointed on 19 November 2010 as the new Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for a four-year term. He was reappointed to this position on 21 August 2014.[2] He assumed the position on 1 January 2011 and became the organisation's fourth Executive Director. He held the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Before, he was Nigeria's Minister of Health. He left this office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.[3]
References
- "Osinbajo, UN, UNFPA, others mourn Babatunde Osotimehin". Premium Times. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- "Secretary-General Appoints Babatunde Osotimehin of Nigeria Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund". United Nations. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- Daniel Idonor (17 March 2010). "Jonathan Sacks Ministers". Vanguard. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
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