16 Facts About Anna Tibaijuka

Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka is a Tanzanian politician and United Nations official.

Anna Tibaijuka was a Chama Cha Mapinduzi 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.

Anna Tibaijuka 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.

Anna Tibaijuka was born on 12 October 1950 in Kagabiro, Muleba District, Tanganyika Territory to small-holder farmers.

Anna Tibaijuka was initially admitted at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in April 1975 to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree.

Anna Tibaijuka received a BSc from Sokoine University of Agriculture and studied agricultural economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala.

Anna Tibaijuka is fluent in English, Swahili, Swedish and French.

From 1993 to 1998, Anna Tibaijuka was associate professor of economics at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Anna Tibaijuka has been a board member of UNESCO's International Scientific Advisory Board since November 1997.

Anna Tibaijuka is a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.

Anna Tibaijuka was elected by the General Assembly to her first four-year term as head of the new agency in July 2002 and was given the rank of under-secretary-general, as the first African woman to reach this level within the UN system.

Anna Tibaijuka succeeded Roberto Lenton, whose second and final term of office ended in March 2011.

In 2004 the British prime minister, Tony Blair, invited Anna Tibaijuka to be a member of the Commission for Africa, which he established to generate ideas and action to accelerate and sustain Africa's growth and development.

Kikwete said he had asked Anna Tibaijuka to "leave room for a new appointee," after she had not shown "due diligence" when receiving US$1 million from James Rugemalira of VIP Engineering and Marketing linked to the scandal.

Anna Tibaijuka stated that the money was a donation for the "Johansson Girls Education Trust" and that she had forwarded it after receiving it on a personal account.

Anna Tibaijuka won the election and returned to the parliament.