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Somali-Canadian diplomat
Omar Abdi
Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2014
Appointed byBan Ki-moon
Personal details
BornSomalia
ProfessionDiplomat

Omar Abdi is a Somali-Canadian diplomat. He serves as the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Education

Abdi has a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the Somali National University in Mogadishu. He later received a doctoral degree in development economics and a master's in regional development planning, both from Cornell University.

Career

Abdi held several leadership positions in UNICEF including as Country Representative in Pakistan, Ghana and Liberia, Regional Director in the Middle-East and North Africa, Comptroller and CFO, and Deputy Executive Director for Management, and Field Results.

Since 2016, following an appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Abdi has been serving as the Deputy Executive Director for programmes at UNICEF; he succeeded Geeta Rao Gupta. In this capacity, he oversees UNICEF's global humanitarian and development programmes. In 2020, he was part of the selection committee that chose José Manuel Barroso as chair of GAVI’s board.

Other activities

References

  1. "Secretary-General appoints Omar Abdi of Canada Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Children's Fund". un.org. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "Omar Abdi Deputy Executive Director" (PDF). un.org. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. Secretary-General Appoints Omar Abdi of Canada Deputy Executive Director (Programmes), United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations, press release of 6 June 2016.
  4. Secretary-General Appoints Omar Abdi of Canada Deputy Executive Director (Programmes), United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations, press release of 6 June 2016.
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  6. "Report of the meeting of the Board of Directors" (PDF). Global Partnership for Education. December 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
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