Annan to chair MIF Prize committee.Kofi Annan has been appointed chairman of the committee for the Mo Ibrahim Prize. Annan, the former UN Secretary-General, will be joined by five international statesmen who will select the winner of the world's largest prize in monetary terms: the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African leadership (see African Business December 2006 issue). The prize committee met for the first time at the end of last March in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. Worth $5m over 10 years and $200,000 annually for life thereafter, the prize is open to former heads of state or government from sub-Saharan Africa who have left office in the last three years and demonstrated exemplary leadership. Annan is joined on the committee by Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland The President of Finland is the Head of State of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the President and the government, with the President possessing extensive powers. The President is elected directly by the people for a term of six years. and UN special envoy to Kosovo; Aicha Bah Diallo, former minister of education in Guinea and director of basic education at Unesco; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former finance minister and former foreign minister of Nigeria The Nigerian foreign ministry is a statutory body created to handle the external push of Nigeria's domestic vision and ideals; it is headed by the Foreign Minister of Nigeria. As of late its mission has geared towards increasing awareness about Nigeria's economic potential. ; Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) [uːəxt̪ˠəɾaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə heːɼən̪ˠ] is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. , former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a board member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF (1) (Maker Interchange Format) An alternate file format for a FrameMaker document. A MIF file is ASCII text, which can be created in another program and imported into FrameMaker. ); and Salim Salim, former prime minister of Tanzania and former secretary-general of the OAU and also a board member of MIF. The committee will assess every African leader who has left office in the last three years on their exercise of leadership. The MIF will announce the first winner of the prize next October. |
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