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Muhammad Ali Pate | |
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Minister of Health and Social Welfare | |
Assumed office 21 August 2023 | |
President | Bola Tinubu |
Minister of State | Iziaq Adekunle Salako |
Preceded by | Osagie Ehanire |
Minister of State for Health | |
In office 14 July 2011 – 23 July 2013 | |
President | Goodluck Jonathan |
Minister | Onyebuchi Chukwu |
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency of Nigeria | |
In office 14 November 2008 – 11 July 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Misau, Northern Region (now in Bauchi State), Nigeria | 6 September 1968
Political party | All Progressives Congress |
Children | 6 |
Alma mater | |
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Muhammad Ali Pate CON (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician, politician, and the current Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria, appointed in 2023. He also serves as a Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University.[1][2] He is the Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) at the World Bank Group.[3]
On 11 October 2022, Pate was conferred with Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).[4]
His appointment as the Minister of State for Health in July 2011[5] followed his role as the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in Abuja.[6][7] He resigned from this position, effective from 24 July 2013 to take up the position of Professor in Duke University Global Health Institute, United States.[8][9][10][11] He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy.[12][13] He formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population.[14] Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.[15][16][17][18][19]
In February 2023, Muhammad Ali Pate was appointed CEO of GAVI - the Vaccine Alliance, which works to provide vaccines in low-income countries.[20]