Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is a Tanzanian biodiversity leader and lawyer, living in Montreal, Canada, who has been serving as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 2023, under the leadership of Executive Director Inger Andersen.[1]
From 2020 to 2022, Mrema was executive secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD);[2][3] she was the first African woman to hold this role.[2] She previously held numerous leadership positions within UNEP.
^Secretary-General Appoints Elizabeth Maruma Mrema of United Republic of Tanzania Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme United Nations, press release of 27 December 2022.
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Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is a Tanzanian biodiversity leader and lawyer, living in Montreal, Canada, who has been serving as Deputy Executive Director of...
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and minister of finance and economic management (2008–2010). Augustino Mrema, 77, Tanzanian politician, MP (1985–1995, since 2010) and minister of home...