Former Deputy Secretaries-General

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed's predecessors as Deputy Secretary-General were:

Louise Fréchette (Canada) was the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. A national of Canada, she assumed her duties on 2 March 1998, after having been appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She remained at her post until 31 March 2006.
On 3 March 2006, Mark Malloch Brown (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General. He assumed his new functions on 1 April following the departure of his predecessor Louise Fréchette. He remained in his post until the end of December 2006.
Asha-Rose Migiro (United Republic of Tanzania) was the third Deputy Secretary-General to be appointed and took office on 1 February 2007. She remained in her post until the end of June 2012.
Jan Eliasson (Sweden) was the fourth Deputy Secretary-General to be appointed and took office on 1 July 2012 until the end of December 2016.