United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
| Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
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United Nations United Nations Secretariat |
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| Style | Excellency |
| Reports to | The Secretary-General |
| Seat |
UN Headquarters New York City, USA |
| Appointer |
The Secretary-General |
| Term length |
See below The term of office of the Deputy Secretary-General cannot not exceed that of the Secretary-General. |
| Constituting instrument | General Assembly Resolution 52/12 B |
| Precursor | Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations |
| Inaugural holder |
 Louise Fréchette
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| Formation | 1997 |
| Website | Deputy Secretary-General |
The Secretary-General
The Secretary-General appoints the Deputy Secretary-General following consultations
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations is the deputy to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The office was created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities of the Secretary-General, help manage Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programmes. The post was formally established by the General Assembly at the end of 1997.
Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria was named Deputy Secretary-General by then Secretary-General-designate António Guterres. Mohammed assumed the office the same day as Guterres' first term, on 1 January 2017.
Responsibilities generally delegated by the Secretary-General to the Deputy Secretary-General include:
The Director in the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General is a sitting observer of the United Nations Development Group.
Canadian Louise Fréchette was the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, holding the position from 1998 to 2005. She was appointed to the post by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and assumed her duties on March 2, 1998. In 2005, partly in response to criticism by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker for failed management of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme, Frechette announced her resignation. She remained at her post until March 31, 2006.
On March 3, 2006 it was announced that Mark Malloch Brown from the United Kingdom would succeed Louise Fréchette as Deputy Secretary-General on April 1, 2006. Brown left his post concurrent with Kofi Annan's departure as Secretary-General on December 31, 2006.
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