| Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
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| United Nations United Nations Secretariat | |
| Style | Her Excellency |
| Type | Deputy chief administrative officer |
| Reports to | Thesecretary-general |
| Seat | UN Headquarters New York City (international territory) |
| Appointer | Thesecretary-general following consultations withmember states and in accordance with Article 101 of theCharter of the United Nations.[1] |
| Term length | See below The term of office of the deputy secretary-general must not exceed that of the secretary-general.[1] |
| Constituting instrument | General Assembly Resolution 52/12 B[1] |
| Precursor | Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations |
| Inaugural holder | Louise Fréchette |
| Formation | 1997 |
| Website | Deputy Secretary-General |
Thedeputy secretary-general of the United Nations is the deputy to thesecretary-general of theUnited Nations. The office was created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities of the secretary-general, help manageSecretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programs.[2][3] The post was formally established by theGeneral Assembly at the end of 1997.[1]
Amina J. Mohammed ofNigeria was named as deputy secretary-general by then secretary-general-designateAntónio Guterres. Mohammed assumed the office the same day as Guterres began his term, on 1 January 2017.
Responsibilities generally delegated by the secretary-general to the deputy secretary-general include:[4]
The director in the Office of the Deputy Secretary-General is a sitting observer of theUnited Nations Development Group.[5]
CanadianLouise 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-GeneralKofi Annan and assumed her duties on 2 March 1998. In 2005, partly in response to criticism by former U.S. Federal Reserve ChairmanPaul Volcker for failed management of theIraqOil-for-Food Programme, Frechette announced her resignation. She remained at her post until 31 March 2006.[4]
On 3 March 2006 it was announced thatMark Malloch Brown from theUnited Kingdom would succeed Louise Fréchette as deputy secretary-general on 1 April 2006. Brown left his post concurrent with Kofi Annan's departure as secretary-general on 31 December 2006.[4]
| No. | Portrait | Deputy Secretary-General | Country | Term | Secretary-General |
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| 1 | .JPG) | Louise FréchetteLouise Fréchette |  Canada | 2 March 1998 – 1 April 2006 |  Kofi Annan |
| 2 |  | Mark Malloch BrownMark Malloch Brown |  United Kingdom | 1 April 2006 – 31 December 2006 | |
| 3 | _(cropped).jpg) | Asha-Rose MigiroAsha-Rose Migiro |  Tanzania | 5 February 2007 – 1 July 2012 |  Ban Ki-moon |
| 4 |  | Jan EliassonJan Eliasson |  Sweden | 1 July 2012 – 31 December 2016 | |
| 5 | | Amina J. MohammedAmina J. Mohammed[6] |  Nigeria | 1 January 2017 – present |  António Guterres |
| UN Regional Group | Deputy Secretaries-General |
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| Western European and Others | 3 |
| Eastern European Group | 0 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Group | 0 |
| Asia-Pacific Group | 0 |
| African Group | 2 |
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