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Zainab Bangura

1959 - Today

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Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura (; born 18 December 1959) is a Sierra Leonean politician and social activist who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) since 2018, appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She served as the second United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2012 to 2017, in succession to the first holder of the post, Margot Wallström. In 2017 she was succeeded by Pramila Patten. In 2007, Bangura became Sierra Leone's foreign minister in the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zainab Bangura is the 18,545th most popular politician (up from 18,660th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Sierra Leone and the 10th most popular Sierra Leonean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zainab Bangura ranks 18,546 out of 19,576. Before her are Thomas Kemmerich, Jean-Henry Céant, Peter Sunde, Jim DeMint, Denis McDonough, Urmas Reinsalu, and Javier Imbroda. After her are Alberto Otárola, Richard Schweiker, Jordi Sànchez, Anthony Scaramucci, and Shahbaz Bhatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Zainab Bangura ranks 732. Before her are Francisco Javier Toledo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Uma Bharti, Brian Goodell, Stephen Kotkin, and Nils Johan Semb. After her are Francis Magee, Georgi Dimitrov, Paul Attanasio, Lesley Thompson, Todd Graff, and Charles Kennedy.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, Zainab Bangura ranks 14 out of 22. Before her are Trevoh Chalobah (1999), Mohamed Kallon (1979), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), Fatima Massaquoi (1912), Valentine Strasser (1967), and FannyAnn Eddy (1974). After her are Nathaniel Chalobah (1994), Roda Antar (1980), Eunice Barber (1974), Rodney Strasser (1990), Ishmael Beah (1980), and Umaru Bangura (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sierra Leone

Among politicians born in Sierra Leone, Zainab Bangura ranks 10. Before her are Siaka Stevens (1905), Ernest Bai Koroma (1953), Joseph Saidu Momoh (1937), Milton Margai (1895), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), and Valentine Strasser (1967).

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