Asha-Rose Migiro
| Dr Asha–Rose Migiro | |
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| Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs | |
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In office 20 January 2014 – 5 November 2015 |
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| President | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Preceded by | Mathias Chikawe |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 12 December 2013 – July 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Constituency | None (Nominated MP) |
| 3rd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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In office 5 February 2007 – 1 July 2012 |
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| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Mark Malloch Brown |
| Succeeded by | Jan Eliasson |
| 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 4 January 2006 – 11 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Membe |
| Minister of Community Development, Women and Children |
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In office 2000–2005 |
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| President | Benjamin Mkapa |
| Succeeded by | Sophia Simba |
| High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
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Assumed office 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Kallage |
| Personal details | |
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9 July 1956 Songea, Tanganyika |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Spouse(s) | Cleophas Migiro |
| Alma mater |
University of Dar es Salaam University of Konstanz (Dr. iur.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Positions | Lecturer, UDSM (1981–2000) Chancellor, OUT |
Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro (born 9 July 1956) is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who was the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2012. She was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa on 13 July 2012.
Born at Songea in Ruvuma Region, 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 PhD 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). She headed the Department of Constitution and Administrative Law from 1992 to 1994 and the Department of Civil and Criminal Law from 1994 to 1997.
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. From 2000 to 2006, she was the Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children's Affairs. She became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 4 January 2006, when the previous foreign minister, Jakaya Kikwete, who had been elected President, appointed his new cabinet. She was the first woman in that position since the independence of the United Republic of Tanzania.
While in the position of foreign minister, Migiro chaired the Council of Ministers' meetings of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region and the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation. She coordinated SADC assistance to the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia and Madagascar. She also served as President of the United Nations Security Council during its open debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region.
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