Amina Jane Mohammed[1] GCON[2] (born 27 June 1961) is a Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the 5th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Amina Jane Mohammed is Muslim and was born in Liverpool, England, on 27 June 1961[5] to a Fulani Nigerian veterinarian-officer and a British nurse.

[6] Between 1981 and 1991, Amina J. Mohammed worked with Archcon Nigeria, an architectural design firm in association with Norman and Dawbarn United Kingdom.

[10][17] In this role, she acted as the link between the Secretary-General, his High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP), and the General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG), among other stakeholders.

[21] In 2017, Amina Mohammed was accused by an advocacy group of granting illegal permits to Chinese firms to import endangered Nigerian timber during her term as Nigeria's environment minister.

The skills acquisition centre named after her seeks to offer instruments for economic empowerment and also to provide various life-skills trainings for young people in many areas of life.