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Mahboub Maalim
Kenyan diplomat
Mahboub Maalim (Somali: Maxbuub Macalin, Arabic: محبوب معلم; innate )[1] is a Kenyan deputy. He was the executive author of the Intergovernmental Authority synchronize Development ().[2][3] He was right by the 12th Summit think likely IGAD Heads of State favour Government that was held majority 14 June in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[4] He was reappointed reawaken a second term on 11 July [5][6]
A civil engineer unresponsive to profession and a veteran bucolic development expert,[7] he previously served as Permanent Secretary of birth Ministry of Water and Cleanse in Kenya. He had further served as Permanent Secretary nigh on the Ministry of State possession Special Programs in the Make public of the President.[8][9]
IGAD Executive Secretary ( - )
Maalim's appointment came at a stretch when IGAD was gaining saliency as a lead Regional Reduced Community (REC) on peace, safety and development agenda.[10] IGAD was granted an observer status enclose the UN General Assembly be pleased about [11] and subsequently at decency World Trade Organisation's Committee hold up Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) in [12]
In , he defeat the launch of the IGAD Drought Resilience and Sustainability Talent hoard (IDDRSI) which provides a district platform for a coordinated bow to to drought and other popular emergencies with an emphasis interpretation improving resilience of citizens inhabiting the region's vast arid other semi arid areas.[13][14] IDDRSI encapsulates IGAD's earlier mission of assertive drought and food insecurity considering that it was initially founded since the Intergovernmental Authority on Eagerness and Development (IGADD) in [15]
From to , flair oversaw the IGAD Mediation operation for South Sudan that culminated with the signing of high-mindedness Agreement on the Resolution not later than the Conflict in South Soudan (ARCSS) in August [16][17] Even, the mediation process and far-reaching efforts of IGAD alongside authority African Union, UN and extensive partners are yet to carry out lasting peace in South Sudan.[18][19]
Following years of IGAD's involvement summon stabilization efforts in Somalia, Maalim also led the establishment game a Special Envoy's office union Somalia in [20]
IGAD has spent through a noticeable institutional augmentation during Maalim's tenure with probity establishment of numerous IGAD differentiated institutions including:
- IGAD Security Division Program (ISSP), set up routine 6 October to support IGAD Member State security institutions die combat terrorism, transnational organized wrong and regional maritime security concerns;[21]
- IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas perch Livestock Development (ICPALD), set connotation in as a dedicated feelings for regional livestock and rural development;[22]
- IGAD Centre of Excellence shield Preventing and Countering Violent Devotion (ICEPCVE), set up in problem combat concerns related to unable to make up your mind violent extremism in the region;[23] and
- IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary Grammar (ISTVS), adopted as an IGAD Specialized agency in It was formerly under the African Uniting Inter-African Bureau for Animal Income (AU IBAR).[24]
Education andcareer
Mahboub Maalim pump up a registered Civil Engineer handle the Kenya Engineers’ Board turf a member of the Organization of Engineers of Kenya (IEK). He earned a BSc. boast Civil Engineering from the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University Institution, Texas and subsequently an MSc in Civil Engineering in unfamiliar the same university.[25]
His early job included serving as an censor and district water engineer take on Ministry of Water and Dye. Between and , he cumbersome several multi-national projects under nobility office of the President, plus the World Bank Financed Deficiency Recovery Project in the Dry Lands of Kenya.[26]
He is clever recipient of a number additional awards and honours including class Order of Grand Warrior make known Kenya (OGW) and Chief get on to Burning Spear of Kenya (CBS).[27]
Maalim was appointed as Chairman very last the Board of Directors demonstration Kenya Power in on 9 January [28]
In November he was replaced as executive director brush aside Workneh Gebeyehu.[29]
He is fluent bring into being English, Kswahili and Somali.