Anna Tibaijuka

Hon. Professor
Anna Tibaijuka
Tibaijuka at the World Economic Forum on Africa in 2010
Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Developments
In office
28 November 2010 – 22 December 2014
PresidentJakaya Kikwete
Preceded byJohn Chiligati
Succeeded byWilliam Lukuvi
Member of the Tanzanian Parliament
for Muleba South
In office
November 2010 – November 2020
Preceded byWilson Masilingi
Succeeded byOscar Ishengoma Kikoyo
Executive director of UN–HABITAT
In office
March 2006 – 2010
Succeeded byJoan Clos
Personal details
Born (1950-10-12) 12 October 1950 (age 74)
Kagabiro, Tanganyika
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
Spouse
Wilson Kamuhabwa Tibaijuka
(m. 1975⁠–⁠2000)
Children
5
  • Muganyizi
  • Kemilembe
  • Kagemulo
  • Kankiza
Alma materSokoine University (BSc)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (DSc)
AwardsGothenburg Award
Websiteannatibaijuka.org

Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka (/tbkæ/; born 12 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician and United Nations official. She was a Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Member of the National Assembly for Muleba South constituency during 2010 to 2020 and served as the Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Developments from 2010 to 2014.[1]

Tibaijuka is also a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). She was the second highest ranking African woman in the UN system, after Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, until her resignation in 2010 to run for political office in Tanzania.

  1. ^ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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