United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Rwandan economist Anthony Ngororano as the UN Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, the organization’s highest-ranking official in the country responsible for coordinating all UN operations.
Ngororano previously served as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Kenya and held the same position in Mauritania. He brings more than 20 years of experience in sustainable development, having held leadership roles across the UN system and the private sector.
His past roles include Chief of the Executive Board Branch in the Office of the Executive Director at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York and Country Representative for UN Women in Haiti. He also led the Africa Section at UN Women’s headquarters.
Ngororano joins a growing list of Rwandans in key UN positions, including Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic and head of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA, and Ambassador Claver Gatete, the head of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
Before his work with the UN, Ngororano was a senior economic advisor to Rwanda’s prime minister and served in various policy and advisory roles with the UNDP’s regional bureau for Africa in New York, as well as in Nigeria, Zambia, and Rwanda. He also worked as an investment banker with Citigroup N.A. in Kenya and Tanzania and began his career as an economist in Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development.
Ngororano holds master’s degrees in development economics from the University of East Anglia, international relations from the University of Sussex, and economics from the University of Edinburgh.