Maimunah Mohd Sharif is the executive director of UN-Habitat. Sharif has re-positioned UN-Habitat as a thought leader in sustainable urbanization and as an agency that advocates for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement. Prior to this appointment, Sharif was the mayor of the City Council of Penang Island, Malaysia. In 2011, she became the first woman to be appointed president of the Municipal Council of Seberang Perai.
