Muhammad Ali Pate

Muhammad Ali Pate CON (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician and politician who was appointed as Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria in 2023. Before this, he was a Professor of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University and director of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Women, Children and Adolescents at the World Bank Group. He joined the World Bank Group in 2000 and worked in many regions.

After serving as the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Pate received his first ministerial appointment as Nigeria's Minister of Health in July 2011. He resigned on 24 July 2013 to take up a professorship at Duke University Global Health Institute. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropyand as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population. He is the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.

In October 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari conferred him with the title Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), alongside 447 other Nigerians. In February 2023, he became the CEO of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI).

He is an American board-certified physician in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.