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Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu
Kenyan politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu (born c. 1956) is a Kenyan politician. He served as the Kenyan Minister of Health.
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Education
Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu attended schools in Kyulu and Kangundo and later went to Friends School Kamusinga.[1] He graduated from the University of Nairobi with a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBChB) in 1984. He proceeded with his studies and earned a master's degree in medical genetics from the University of Glasgow in 1989.[2]
Career
Mailu started his career as an intern at the Kenyatta National Hospital.[1]
Mailu was the founding director of its department of medical genetics in 1989.[1]
From 1995 to 2000, he worked for the Ministry of Health and led an anti-polio campaign.[1]
Mailu subsequently worked for Unicef and the World Health Organization in Malawi and Zambia.[1]
Mailu became the first African CEO of The Nairobi Hospital in 2003.[1]
On 2 August 2018, Mailu presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) as the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UNOG.[3]
Mailu is Chairing the Meeting of State Parties (22-25 November 2021) of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva.[4]
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Personal life
Mailu has a wife, Teresa, and two sons.[1]
References
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