Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu
Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu is a Kenyan politician. He served as the Kenyan Minister of Health.
Education
Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu attended schools in Kyulu and Kangundo and later went to Friends School Kamusinga. He graduated from the University of Nairobi with a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery in 1984. He proceeded with his studies and earned a master's degree in medical genetics from the University of Glasgow in 1989.Career
Mailu started his career as an intern at the Kenyatta National Hospital.Mailu was the founding director of its department of medical genetics in 1989.
From 1995 to 2000, he worked for the Ministry of Health and led an anti-polio campaign.
Mailu subsequently worked for Unicef and the World Health Organization in Malawi and Zambia.
Mailu became the first African CEO of The Nairobi Hospital in 2003.
On 2 August 2018, Mailu presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva as the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UNOG.
Mailu is Chairing the Meeting of State Parties of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva.