(1959-01-08) 8 January 1959 (age 65) Shendam, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Plateau State, Nigeria)
Political party
All Progressive Congress (2014–present)[1]
Other political affiliations
Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2010; 2012–2014)
Labour Party (2010–2012)
Spouse
John Tallen
(died 2017)
Children
5
Alma mater
University of Jos
Occupation
Politician
Pauline Tallen OFR (born 8 January 1959 [2]) is a Nigerian politician who served as the Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development from 2019 to 2023.[3] She was appointed in 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari after turning down an ambassadorial nomination in 2015 on the grounds that she was not consulted prior to the announcement of the appointment and that she would not accept the offer for equal distribution of power among the three senatorial districts of her native state of plateau because she is from same local government as Governor Simon Lalong.[4][5][6]
In 1999, she was appointed Minister of State for Science and Technology to the cabinet of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. In 2007, she became the deputy governor of Plateau State and the first woman to be a deputy governor in northern Nigeria. She also contested to be governor of the state in 2011, but lost to Jonah Jang. She is presently a member, board of trustees of the All Progressive Congress, and was honoured as woman of the year for her contribution to Nigeria at the 10th African Icon of Our Generation Award.[7][8] She is a board member of National Agency for Control of Aids (NACA).
^"Pauline Tallen, ex-commissioners dump PDP for APC in Plateau -". The NEWS. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^"H.E. Pauline Tallen | SPEAKERS". www.sheroesforum.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^"I Never Lobbied To Be Minister, But I'm Prepared For It – Pauline Tallen".
^Jannah, Chijioke (22 August 2019). "Real reason Buhari appointed me women affairs minister - Pauline Tallen". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^"I never lobbied to be minister but I'm prepared for it - Pauline Tallen".
^BabaGboin (30 December 2008). "Odili's Loot: Plateau Deputy Governor, Pauline Tellen and Mrs. Agagu Implicated". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^"Pauline Tallen, others to be honoured". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^Pauline, Tallen. "NACA organises free HIV screening on World Aids Day". THE GUARDIAN. p. m. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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