Anna Tibaijuka
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Hon. Professor Anna Tibaijuka MP |
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| Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Developments | |
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In office 28 November 2010 – 22 December 2014 |
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| President | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Preceded by | John Chiligati |
| Succeeded by | William Lukuvi |
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Member of Parliament for Muleba South |
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Assumed office November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Wilson Masilingi |
| Executive director of UN–HABITAT | |
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In office March 2006 – 2010 |
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| Succeeded by | Joan Clos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 October 1950 Kagabiro, Tanganyika |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Spouse(s) | Wilson (m. 1975–2000) |
| Children |
4
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| Alma mater |
Sokoine University (BSc) SLU (DSc) |
| Awards | Gothenburg Award |
| Website | annatibaijuka |
Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka ( pronunciation: /ˈænə/ /tiːbaɪdʒuːkæ/) (born 12 October 1950) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Muleba South constituency since 2010. She served as the Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Developments from 2010 to 2014.
She is also a former under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). Until her resignation in 2010 to run for political office in Tanzania, she was the second highest ranking African woman in the UN system.
Born in Muleba, Tanzania, to smallholder farmers, Tibaijuka studied agricultural economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. She is fluent in English, Swahili, Swedish and French. She is the widow of the former Tanzanian ambassador Wilson Tibaijuka, who died in 2000. She is the second highest ranking African woman in the UN after Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, the deputy UN secretary general (who is also a Tanzanian).
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