Asha Rose Migiro Biography
Asha Rose Migiro is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who was the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2012.
She was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa on 13 July 2012.
Asha Rose Migiro Age
Asha Rose Migiro was born by her real name, Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro on 9th July 1956 in Songea, Ruvuma region in Tanzania.
Asha Rose Migiro Education Background
She joined Mnazi Mmoja Primary School in 1963. She later moved on to Korogwe Primary School, Weruweru Secondary School, and, finally, Korogwe Secondary School, where she graduated high school in 1975.
She has a Bachelors degree in Law and a Masters degree in Law from the University of Dar es Salaam. In 1992 she received her PhD from the University of Konstanz in Germany.
Asha Rose Migiro Job History
She was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). She headed the Department of Constitution and Administrative Law from 1992 to 1994 and the Department of Civil and Criminal Law from 1994 to 1997.
Asha Rose Migiro Political Career
Migiro served as a ward member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi from 1994 to 2000, and as a member of a Regional Executive Council from 2000 to 2005. She was the Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children’s Affairs from 2000 to 2006.
Asha Rose Migiro
On 4th January 2006, she was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. She was the first woman in that position since the independence of the United Republic of Tanzania.
While in the position of foreign minister, Migiro chaired the Council of Ministers’ meetings of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region and the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation. She coordinated SADC assistance to the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia and Madagascar.
She also served as President of the United Nations Security Council during its open debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region.
On 5th January 2007, she was appointed as the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General by Ban Ki moon. She served as deputy Secretary-General until June 2012.
During her time at the United Nations, Migiro was also a member of the Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa which was set up by the Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark and held meetings between April and October 2008.
On September 2009, she travelled to Rome and had a meeting with Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini and Pope Benedict XVI to discuss violence against women.
In December 2013 she was appointed by Jakaya Kikwete as the nominated member of parliament a position she held until July 2015.
On May 2016 Asha Rose Migiro was appointed by President John Magufuli appointed as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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Asha Rose Migiro|UN-Former Deputy-Secretary-General
Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania took office as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 February 2007. She is the third Deputy Secretary-General to be appointed since the post was established in 1997.
Dr. Migiro served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 2006-2007 — the first woman in the United Republic of Tanzania to hold that position since its independence in 1961. Before that, she was Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children for five years.
As Foreign Minister, Dr. Migiro spearheaded Tanzania ‘s engagement in the pursuit of peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region. She served as Chair of the Council of Ministers’ meetings of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region, a process that culminated into a Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.
Dr. Migiro was also Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation and President of the UN Security Council during its open debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region.
As Chair of the SADC Organ, Dr. Migiro coordinated SADC assistance to the democratic process, including elections, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as support for national elections in Zambia and Madagascar.
At the time of her appointment, she was chairing an important SADC Ministerial Troika Meeting ahead of the national elections in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Prior to Government service, Dr. Migiro pursued a career in academia. She was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, where she rose to the rank of Senior Lecturer.
She headed the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law from 1992 to 1994, and the Department of Civil and Criminal Law from 1994 to 1997. Her work was published widely in local and international journals.
Dr. Migiro served as a member of Tanzania ‘s Law Reform Commission in 1997 and as a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2000.
Asha Rose Migiro Personal Life
Dr. Migiro was born in Songea, Tanzania, on 9 July 1956. She is married to Professor Cleophas Migiro and has two daughters. In addition to English, she speaks Kiswahili, basic French and German.
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