Muhammad Ali Pate
Muhammad Ali Pate | |
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Nigeria's Minister of Health and Social Welfare | |
| Minister of Health and Social Welfare | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2023 | |
| President | Bola Tinubu |
| Minister of State | Iziaq Adekunle Salako |
| Preceded by | Osagie Ehanire |
| Minister of State for Health | |
| In office 14 July 2011 – 23 July 2013 | |
| President | Goodluck Jonathan |
| Minister | Onyebuchi Chukwu |
| Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency of Nigeria | |
| In office 14 November 2008 – 11 July 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1968 |
| Party | All Progressives Congress |
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Muhammad Ali Pate (born in September 1968 in Misau, now in Bauchi State) is a Nigerian physician and politician. He is certified by the American Board in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He was appointed as the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria in 2023. Before taking office, he was a professor of public health leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University. He also served as the director of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for women, children, and adolescents at the World Bank Group. He worked in various roles across several regions for the World Bank Group beginning in 2000.