Muhammad Ali Pate

Muhammad Ali Pate (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician, politician, who was appointed to Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria in 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Prior to his appointment, he served as a Professor of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University and director of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Women, Children and Adolescents at the World Bank Group.

Pate's first ministerial appointment as Nigeria's Minister of Health was in July 2011, after serving as the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. He resigned from this position, effective 24 July 2013, to take up a professorship at Duke University Global Health Institute in the United States.

Pate previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropyand as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population. Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.

In October 2022, Pate was conferred with the title of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside 447 other Nigerians recognized for their contributions in various fields. In February 2023, Pate was appointed CEO of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), an organization dedicated to providing vaccines in low-income countries. Provided by Wikipedia