Aminata Touré is a human rights advocate who served as Prime Minister of Senegal from 2013 to 2014, becoming the second woman to hold this position. Prior to her premiership, she was Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2013, focusing on anti-corruption initiatives and judicial reforms. Her tenure as Prime Minister was marked by efforts to investigate and address corruption within government. She later served as President’s Special Envoy for Internal and External Affairs (2015–2019) and as President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (2019–2020), overseeing key governance and policy initiatives.
Dr. Touré has extensive international experience, including over two decades with the United Nations, where she held technical expert positions in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and at UN headquarters in New York. From 2009 to 2012, she was Director of Gender and Human Rights at the United Nations Population Fund. She has also led and co-led election observation missions across Africa on behalf of the African Union and The Carter Center.
Currently, she serves as High Representative of the Senegalese President, a member of the United Nations Advisors Committee, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Club de Madrid. Throughout her career, she has focused on governance, human rights, and multilateral cooperation, authoring more than 30 UN publications and contributing to international legal scholarship.