Amina C. Mohamed’s distinguished diplomatic career spans over three decades and includes domestic and international leadership positions. At the international level, she served as Kenya's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva between 2000 and 2006. In 2011, she was appointed deputy executive director of the United Nations Environment Program. She has held a range of otherl crucial leadership positions in international organizations, including the W.T.O., the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Labor Organization, the World Health Organization, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees and U.N.AIDS.

In Kenya, Ms. Mohamed served as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs between 2008 and 2011. She was appointed to her current position as minister for foreign affairs and international trade of the Republic of Kenya in 2013.

Her distinguished service has earned various prestigious awards, including Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government in recognition of her distinguished contribution to bilateral relations between Kenya and Japan. She also holds Kenya's highest national award of Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart awarded in December 2015 for her unparalleled commitment to public service, and was recently honored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as one of four UNDP Champions for 2016.

Ms. Mohamed graduated from the University of Kiev with a master’s degree in international law, and also completed as postgraduate studies in international relations at the University of Oxford. She has also received an honorary doctorate from Kenya College of Accountancy.