Salim Ahmed Salim

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Salim Ahmed Salim, born on January 23, 1942 on the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania, is a man of vast international experience and one of Tanzania's and Africa's most renowned diplomats. He has more than 30 years of experience in the international diplomatic arena. Salim is married to Amne and they have three children: Maryam, Ali and Ahmed.

Contents

1 Education
2 Positons Held in Tanzania
3 Diplomatic Positons Held

3.1 Positions at the United Nations
3.2 Other diplomatic positions

4 Honours and decorations
5 See also
6 External links

Education

He was educated at Lumumba College in Zanzibar and later pursued his undergraduate studies at the St. Stephen's College of the University of Delhi and obtained his Masters degree in International Affairs at Columbia University, New York. He became a student activist in the early 1960s and was founder and first Vice President of the All-Zanzibar Student union. He holds six Doctorates (Honoris Causa) including: Doctor of Laws, the University of Philippines at Los Baños (1980), Doctor of Humanities, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria (1983), Doctor of Civil Law, University of Mauritius (1991), Doctor of Arts in International Affairs, University of Khartoum, Sudan (1995), Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations, University of Bologna, Italy (1996), and Doctor of Laws, University of Cape Town, South Africa (1998).

Positons Held in Tanzania

Chief Editor of a Zanzibar daily paper and was the Secretary General of the All-Zanzibar Journalists Organisation 1963-1964
Minister for Foreign Affairs 1980-1984
Prime Minister of Tanzania 1984-1985
Deputy Prime Minister of Tanzania 1986-1989
Minister for Defence and National Service 1986-1989
President of the Julius K. Nyerere Foundation 2001 - current

Diplomatic Positons Held

Deputy Chief Representative of the Zanzibar Office based in Havana, Cuba 1961-1962
Tanzania Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt 1964-1965
Tanzanian High Commissioner (i.e. Ambassador) to India 1965-1968
Tanzania Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China 1969-1970
Tanzania Ambassador to the United Nations 1970-1980
Tanzania Ambassador to Cuba 1970-1980 (served while at the UN)
Tanzanian High Commissioner to Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago 1970-1980 (served while at the UN)
Secretary-General of the OAU 1989-2001
African Union Special Envoy on the Darfur Conflict 2004- Current

Positions at the United Nations

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June/July 1972: Chairman of the United Nations Special Mission to Niue
August 1972: Drafting Committee of the Political Committee of the Ministerial Conference of non-Aligned States, Georgetown, Guyana
April 1973: Chairman of the Political Committee of International Conference of Experts in Support of the Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo
1975: Chairman of the Security Council's Committee on Sanctions against Southern Rhodesia
1976: President of the United Nations Security Council
1979: President of the United Nations General Assembly for the Thirty-fourth, Sixth emergency special, Seventh emergency special, and Eleventh special sessions.

Other diplomatic positions

At the continental level, following the invitation of the President of the African Development Bank, he has since March, 2002 been acting as African Water Ambassador whose responsibilities include advocacy, sensitization, and mobilization of support on African water issues. He also serves as:

Chairperson, Advisory Board, Institute of Security Studies (ISS) based in Pretoria, South Africa
Chairperson of the International Board of Trustees, Africa Humanitarian Action (AHI) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Member and Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Trustees of the Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance, Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe

At international level, Salim serves in the following Boards, Panels/Commission

Co-chair, Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Small Arms and Light Weapons (Secretariat, based in Washington DC)
Member of the Board of the South Centre (Secretariat based in Geneva)
Member, Policy Advisory Commission, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Member of the Foundation Council, Centre of Humanitarian Dialogue based in Geneva

Honours and decorations

Salim holds a number of decorations/honours (including some of the highest national honours).

The Star of Africa (Liberia, 1980)
The Order of the United Republic of Tanzania – Nishani Ya Jamhuri Ya Muungano Wa Tanzania, 1985)
Order of Mille Collines (Rwanda, 1993)
Grande Croix de l’Ordre Congolais du Dévouement (Republic of Congo, 1994)
Grand Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite (Central African Republic, 1994)
Medal of Africa (Libya, 9.9.99)
Grand Officier de l’Ordre National du Lion (Sénégal, 2000)
Order of the Two Niles (Sudan, 2001)
Ordre El-Athir (Algeria, 2001)
Ordre du Mono (Togo, 2001)
Commandant de l’Ordre National (Mali, 2001).

Salim is remains an active player in the political affairs of Tanzania where he is member of the National Executive Committee of the governing political party of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).

External links

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