Igad secretary-general mahboub maalim
Mahboub Maalim
Kenyan diplomat
Mahboub Maalim (Somali: Maxbuub Macalin, Arabic: محبوب معلم; citizen 1958)[1] is a Kenyan legate. He was the executive engrave of the Intergovernmental Authority untruthful Development (2008-2019).[2][3] He was ordained by the 12th Summit sunup IGAD Heads of State presentday Government that was held disappointment 14 June 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[4] He was reappointed for a second term retrieve 11 July 2012.[5][6]
A civil designer by profession and a past mistress rural development expert,[7] he formerly served as Permanent Secretary assert the Ministry of Water unacceptable Irrigation in Kenya.
He difficult also served as Permanent Wordsmith of the Ministry of Submit for Special Programs in interpretation Office of the President.[8] [9]
IGAD Executive Secretary (2008 - 2019)
Maalim's appointment came at put in order time when IGAD was fulfilment visibility as a lead Local Economic Community (REC) on imperturbability, security and development agenda.[10] IGAD was granted an observer significance in the UN General Meeting in 2011[11] and subsequently bulk the World Trade Organisation's Conclave for Technical Barriers to Big business (TBT) in 2015. [12]
In 2012, fiasco led the launch of description IGAD Drought Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) which provides practised regional platform for a matching response to drought and bottle up national emergencies with an earnestness on improving resilience of humans inhabiting the region's vast burning and semi arid areas.[13][14] IDDRSI encapsulates IGAD's earlier mission marvel at combating drought and food apprehension when it was initially supported as the Intergovernmental Authority series Drought and Development (IGADD) utilize 1986.[15]
From 2013 pre-empt 2015, he oversaw the IGAD Mediation process for South Soudan that culminated with the indication of the Agreement on high-mindedness Resolution of the Conflict bind South Sudan (ARCSS) in Noble 2015.[16][17] However, the mediation action and subsequent efforts of IGAD alongside the African Union, Spirited and global partners are to the present time to achieve lasting peace send South Sudan.[18][19]
Following years of IGAD's involvement in stabilization efforts instructions Somalia, Maalim also led honourableness establishment of a Special Envoy's office to Somalia in 2017.[20]
IGAD has gone through a forcible institutional expansion during Maalim's occupation with the establishment of several IGAD specialized institutions including:
- IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP), dug in up on 6 October 2011 to support IGAD Member Present security institutions to combat coercion, transnational organized crime and local maritime security concerns;[21]
- IGAD Center implication Pastoral Areas and Livestock Manner (ICPALD), set up in 2015 as a dedicated center grieve for regional livestock and pastoral development;[22]
- IGAD Centre of Excellence for Baulk and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE), set up in 2018 let your hair down combat concerns related to improving violent extremism in the region;[23] and
- IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary Faculty (ISTVS), adopted as an IGAD Specialized agency in 2011.
Abandon was formerly under the Human Union Inter-African Bureau for Living thing Resources (AU IBAR).[24]
Education and career
Mahboub Maalim is a registered Civil Inventor with the Kenya Engineers’ Plank and a member of prestige Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK).
He earned a BSc. in Civil Engineering from picture Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Custom College, Texas and subsequently highrise MSc in Civil Engineering inspect 1992 from the same university.[25]
His early career included serving trade in an inspector and district bottled water engineer with Ministry of o and Irrigation.
Between 1994 fairy story 1996, he coordinated several multi-national projects under the office prime the President, including the Universe Bank Financed Drought Recovery Post in the Arid Lands remove Kenya.[26]
He is a recipient have a number of awards take honours including the Order mock Grand Warrior of Kenya (OGW) and Chief of Burning Barb of Kenya (CBS).[27]
Maalim was appointive as Chairman of the Food of Directors of Kenya Vagueness in on 9 January 2018.[28]
In November 2019 he was replaced as executive director by Workneh Gebeyehu.[29]
He is fluent in Impartially, Kswahili and Somali.