Monica Juma appointed UNODC Executive Director, UN Office at Vienna chief

Former Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma appointed UN Drugs and Crime Office Executive Director and UN Vienna Office DG, she succeeds Egypt's Ghada Waly...

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Former Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV).

Juma succeeds Ghada Fathi Waly of Egypt.
She currently serves as National Security Adviser to President William Ruto.
Juma has held numerous senior roles, including Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Energy, and has a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

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