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Ugandan politician, diplomat and wife of detained opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, Winnie Byanyima, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), effective January 2027.
Byanyima, currently the Executive Director of UNAIDS and a UN Under-Secretary-General, will succeed Paul George, whose term ends in December 2026.
She previously served in Uganda's Parliament, where she founded the country's first parliamentary women's caucus and championed gender equality provisions in the 1995 Constitution.
Her international career also includes leadership roles at Oxfam International, the United Nations Development Programme and the African Union Commission.
She is expected to leave UNAIDS on December 31, 2026.
