Thoraya Obaid

Soraya ( Thoraya ) Obaid, is a sub- Secretary General of the United Nations and the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund.

Obaid is from Saudi Arabia and holds the position of Executive Director since 1 January 2001. She is the first person with Saudi citizenship, which holds a leadership position in an organ of the United Nations.

Obaid is married and has two daughters. Obaid was 1963, the first Saudi woman who studied with a state scholarship in the United States. Your Ph. D. she made in 1974 at Wayne State University. It is mainly engaged in the field of family and women's issues. After the U.S. had suspended all financial contributions to the Fund for Population Activities in 2002, she criticized U.S. President George W. Bush personally with the words. " Because of this decision, Mr. President, women and children will die " The United States have refused to any financial aid.