List of foreign ministers of Nigeria
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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| Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Member of | Federal Cabinet |
| Appointer | The President |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is the head of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Federal Executive Council.
The first woman to serve as the Nigerian foreign minister was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was in the post briefly in 2006.[1]
Political party: NPC NCNC NPP APC PDP Military
| Name
(Born-Died) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Republic | |||||
| 1 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
(1912–1966) |
|
1960 | 1961 | Balewa
(I) |
| 2 | Jaja Wachuku
(1918–1996) |
|
1961 | 1965 | |
| 3 | Nuhu Bamalli
(1917–2001) |
1965 | 1966 | Balewa
(II) | |
| Military Government (1966–1979) | |||||
| 4 | Arikpo Okoi
(1916–1995) |
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|
1967 | 1975 | Gowon
(Federal Executive Council) |
| 5 | Joseph Nanven Garba
(1943–2002) |
August 1975 | 1978 | Muhammed
(Federal Executive Council) (Federal Executive Council) | |
| 6 | Henry Adefope
(1926–2012) |
|
1978 | 1979 | Obasanjo
(Federal Executive Council) |
| Second Republic | |||||
| 7 | Ishaya Audu
(1927–2005) |
December 1979 | October 1983 | Shagari
(I) | |
| 8 | Emeka Anyaoku
(b. 1933) |
October 1983 | December 1983 | Shagari
(II) | |
| Military Government (1983–1993) | |||||
| 9 | Ibrahim Gambari
(b. 1944) |
|
January 1984 | 1985 | Buhari
(Federal Executive Council) |
| 10 | Bolaji Akinyemi
(b. 1942) |
1985 | 1987 | Babangida
(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 11 | Ike Nwachukwu
(b. 1940) |
December 1987 | December 1989 | ||
| 12 | Rilwanu Lukman
(1938–2014) |
1989 | 1990 | ||
| 13 | Ike Nwachukwu
(b. 1940) |
September 1990 | January 1993 | ||
| Third Republic (Interim National Government) | |||||
| 14 | Matthew Mbu
(1929–2012) |
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|
January 1993 | 17 November 1993 | Shonekan
(I) |
| Military Government (1993–1999) | |||||
| 15 | Baba Gana Kingibe
(b. 1945) |
26 November 1993 | 1995 | Abacha
(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 16 | Tom Ikimi
(b. 1944) |
1995 | 1998 | ||
| 17 | Ignatius Olisemeka
(b. 1932) |
August 1998 | June 1999 | Abubakar
(Federal Executive Council) | |
| Fourth Republic | |||||
| 18 | Sule Lamido
(b. 1948) |
June 1999 | May 2003 | Obasanjo
(I) | |
| 19 | Oluyemi Adeniji
(1934–2017) |
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|
July 2003 | June 2006 | Obasanjo
(II) |
| 20 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
(b. 1954) |
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|
21 June 2006 | 30 August 2006 | |
| 21 | Joy Ogwu
(b. 1946) |
30 August 2006 | 29 May 2007 | ||
| 22 | Ojo Maduekwe
(1945–2016) |
|
26 July 2007 | 17 March 2010 | Yar'Adua
(I) |
| 23 | Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi
(b. 1954) |
2010
(supervising) |
2010 | Jonathan
(I) | |
| 24 | Henry Odein Ajumogobia
(b. 1956) |
|
6 April 2010 | 9 July 2011 | Jonathan
(II) |
| 25 | Olugbenga Ashiru
(1948–2014) |
|
11 July 2011 | 11 September 2013 | |
| 26 | Viola Onwuliri
(b. 1956) |
|
11 September 2013 | March 2014 | |
| 27 | Aminu Bashir Wali
(b. 1941) |
10 March 2014 | 29 May 2015 | ||
| 28 | Geoffrey Onyeama
(b. 1956) |
|
11 November 2015 | 29 May 2023 | Buhari |
| 29 | Yusuf Tuggar
(b. 1967) |
|
21 August 2023 | Incumbent | Tinubu
(I) |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history at WTO". BBC News. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 2024-06-08.