Everything about Asha-rose Migiro totally explained
Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro (born
July 9,
1956 in
Songea,
Ruvuma Region,
Tanzania) is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician. On
January 5,
2007, she was named as the
Deputy Secretary-General of the
United Nations. She was formally appointed and assumed office on
February 5. She is married to Cleophas Migiro, and the couple has two daughters.
Education
Migiro commenced her education at Mnazi Mmoja Primary School in 1963. She later moved on to Korogwe Primary School, Weruweru Secondary School, and, finally, Korogwe Secondary School, where she graduated high school in 1975.
She obtained her LL.B and LL.M from the
University of Dar es Salaam and her Ph.D. in 1992 from the
University of Konstanz in
Germany. Before entering politics, she was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).
Time in the Tanzanian government
Migiro served as a ward member of
Chama Cha Mapinduzi from 1994 to 2000, and as a member of a Regional Executive Council from 2000 to 2005.
While in the position of foreign minister, Migiro accompanied the former president of the
Comoros,
Azali Assoumani, as he toured his country's new consulate in Tanzania and inspected a Tanzanian hospital. According to
United States officials,
Condoleezza Rice, the American
Secretary of State, is "personally acquainted" with her. Kikwete appointed
Bernard Membe to succeed Migiro as foreign minister.
United Nations appointment
Migiro was appointed to the post of
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General by
Ban Ki-moon, the new
United Nations Secretary-General from
South Korea, on
January 5, 2007. According to
The New York Times, this was a fulfillment of his promise to pick a woman from the developing world for the post of Deputy-Secretary General.
The UN News Centre noted that Migiro and Ban had worked together while they were foreign ministers of their respective countries.
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