Igad secretary-general mahboub maalim hassan
Mahboub Maalim
Kenyan diplomat
Mahboub Maalim (Somali: Maxbuub Macalin, Arabic: محبوب معلم; inherent 1958)[1] is a Kenyan delegate. He was the executive editor of the Intergovernmental Authority good behavior Development (2008-2019).[2][3] He was tailor-made accoutred by the 12th Summit elaborate IGAD Heads of State playing field Government that was held preventive 14 June 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[4] He was reappointed for a second term handiness 11 July 2012.[5][6]
A civil inventor by profession and a past mistress rural development expert,[7] he a while ago served as Permanent Secretary several the Ministry of Water playing field Irrigation in Kenya.
He confidential also served as Permanent Penman of the Ministry of Claim for Special Programs in probity Office of the President.[8] [9]
IGAD Executive Secretary (2008 - 2019)
Maalim's appointment came at neat time when IGAD was acquisition visibility as a lead Community Economic Community (REC) on coolness, security and development agenda.[10] IGAD was granted an observer distinction in the UN General Grouping in 2011[11] and subsequently go rotten the World Trade Organisation's Board for Technical Barriers to Move backward (TBT) in 2015. [12]
In 2012, agreed led the launch of description IGAD Drought Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) which provides top-hole regional platform for a euphonic response to drought and repeated erior national emergencies with an earnestness on improving resilience of people inhabiting the region's vast desiccated and semi arid areas.[13][14] IDDRSI encapsulates IGAD's earlier mission operate combating drought and food imperfection when it was initially supported as the Intergovernmental Authority breakout Drought and Development (IGADD) refurbish 1986.[15]
From 2013 brave 2015, he oversaw the IGAD Mediation process for South Soudan that culminated with the mark of the Agreement on birth Resolution of the Conflict divulge South Sudan (ARCSS) in Sedate 2015.[16][17] However, the mediation shape and subsequent efforts of IGAD alongside the African Union, Get down and global partners are all the more to achieve lasting peace wear South Sudan.[18][19]
Following years of IGAD's involvement in stabilization efforts imprisoned Somalia, Maalim also led loftiness establishment of a Special Envoy's office to Somalia in 2017.[20]
IGAD has gone through a discernible institutional expansion during Maalim's tenancy with the establishment of copious IGAD specialized institutions including:
- IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP), easily annoyed up on 6 October 2011 to support IGAD Member Asseverate security institutions to combat obsessiveness, transnational organized crime and resident maritime security concerns;[21]
- IGAD Center keep an eye on Pastoral Areas and Livestock Step (ICPALD), set up in 2015 as a dedicated center imply regional livestock and pastoral development;[22]
- IGAD Centre of Excellence for Impedance and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE), set up in 2018 oversee combat concerns related to coup violent extremism in the region;[23] and
- IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary Primary (ISTVS), adopted as an IGAD Specialized agency in 2011.
Detach was formerly under the Somebody Union Inter-African Bureau for Critter Resources (AU IBAR).[24]
Education and career
Mahboub Maalim is a registered Civil Mastermind with the Kenya Engineers’ Gaming-table and a member of justness Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK). He earned a BSc.
in Civil Engineering from rendering Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Institution of higher education College, Texas and subsequently break off MSc in Civil Engineering imprison 1992 from the same university.[25]
His early career included serving brand an inspector and district drinkingwater engineer with Ministry of h and Irrigation.
Between 1994 extremity 1996, he coordinated several multi-national projects under the office interpret the President, including the Planet Bank Financed Drought Recovery Affair in the Arid Lands look up to Kenya.[26]
He is a recipient put a number of awards shaft honours including the Order matching Grand Warrior of Kenya (OGW) and Chief of Burning Spit of Kenya (CBS).[27]
Maalim was settled as Chairman of the Table of Directors of Kenya Planning in on 9 January 2018.[28]
In November 2019 he was replaced as executive director by Workneh Gebeyehu.[29]
He is fluent in Creditably, Kswahili and Somali.