Incoming U.N. chief appoints Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed as deputy

Incoming United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed Nigeria’s environment minister Amina Mohammed as his deputy secretary-general and Brazilian diplomat Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti as chef de cabinet, a U.N. spokesman said.

Before her appointment as environment minister a year ago, Mohammed was outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser on post-2015 development planning – a role that culminated last year with the adoption by the General Assembly of sustainable development goals for the next 15 years.