Name Abdoulie Janneh Abdoulie Janneh
Surname Janneh
First Names Abdoulie
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Country of Birth Gambia
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2006   UN Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary ECA
2000 2006 United Nations Assistant Secretary General
2000 2006 UN Development Programme Director of the UNDP Regional Office for Africa
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Notes Biographical Details:
Mr. Janneh joined UNDP in 1979 as a development planner from the administration of his home country. He held a number of senior positions in UNDP and its affiliated funds, including Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative in Ghana (1996-1999) and Niger (1993-1996), as well as Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (1990-1993).
He holds an MA in Urban and Regional Planning Studies from the University of Nottingham in England. He also graduated from Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone (Engineering Science) and undertook post-graduate studies in Project Planning and Appraisal at the University of Bradford in England.
[ http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/janneh_bio.asp - Retrieved on 18/11/2006 ]
Record last updated on 04 JUN 2008