Sara Beysolow Nyanti

Sara Frances Beysolow Nyanti (born 1968) is an international development expert, Liberian pastor and since February 2024 the Foreign Minister of Liberia. She has more than 20 years of professional experience. She was the United Nations Assistant Secretary General from December 2021 to her retirement in July 2023.

== Early life and education ==

Nyanti is the oldest of seven children of Winston E. Beysolow and Frances Hayes. Her mother worked multiple jobs to support her children. She attended the College of West Africa and Cuttington University. She has a master's degree in public administration from the New Charter University in the United States and is completing a doctoral degree in transformational leadership.

== Career ==

Nyanti held senior positions in the Liberian Ministry of Health from 1999 to 2003, including as Director of the National AIDS Control Program. She wrote the country's first grant to the Global Fund for money to combat malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis. During the conflict and transitional government periods, Nyanti worked for the United Nations in Liberia.

From 2005 to 2009, Nyanti worked for the UN in Nepal, before becoming UNICEF HIV/AIDS advisor to the representatives...