Muhammad Ali Pate CON (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician and politician who is currently Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University, formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group and Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF). Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.