Amina Mohamed
| Amina Mohamed | |
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| Aamina Maxamed Jibriil امينة محمد جبريل |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2013 |
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| President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
| Preceded by | Sam Ongeri |
| Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme | |
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In office 13 May 2011 – 20 May 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Angela Cropper |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 October 1961 Kakamega, Kenya |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Khalid Ahmed |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Kenya School of Law (LLB) University of Kiev (LLM) University of Oxford (PGDip) |
Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril (Somali: Aamina Maxamed Jibriil; Arabic: امينة محمد جبريل) (born 5 October 1961) is a Kenyan Somali lawyer, diplomat and politician. She previously served as Chairwoman of the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organisation's General Council, as well as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. She is the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya.
Mohamed was born on 5 October 1961 in Kakamega, British Kenya to an ethnic Somali family. She is the eighth of nine siblings. Her family belongs to the Dhulbahante Harti Darod clan, and hails from the northern SSC region of Somalia.
Mohamed spent her childhood in a modest household in Amalemba, Kakamega, where she passed much of her time reading Sherlock Holmes stories and other detective fiction. She later developed a taste for international affairs.
In 2002, Amina married Khalid Ahmed, a fellow Somali to whom she credits a lot of her success. The couple have two children and also care for four orphans.
Mohamed is multilingual, speaking her native Somali as well as English, Russian and Swahili, with a working knowledge of French.
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