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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Member of | Federal Cabinet |
Appointer | The president with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Deputy | Minister of State |
Website | foreignaffairs |
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 | ||
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First Republic | |||||
1 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966) | ![]() | 1 October 1960 [2] | 17 July 1961 | Balewa (I) |
2 | Jaja Wachuku (1918–1996) | ![]() | 17 July 1961 [2] | 7 January 1965 | |
3 | Nuhu Bamalli (1917–2001) | 1 December 1965 [2] | 17 January 1966 | Balewa (II) | |
Military Government (1966–1979) | |||||
4 | Okoi Arikpo (1916–1995) | ![]() | 3 September 1967 [2] | 29 July 1975 | Gowon (Federal Executive Council) |
5 | Joseph Nanven Garba (1943–2002) | 6 August 1975 [3] | July 1978 | Muhammed (Federal Executive Council) (Federal Executive Council) | |
6 | Henry Adefope (1926–2012) | ![]() | July 1978 [4] | 1979 | Obasanjo (Federal Executive Council) |
Second Republic | |||||
7 | Ishaya Audu (1927–2005) | December 1979 [5] | October 1983 | Shagari (I) | |
8 | Emeka Anyaoku (b. 1933) | October 1983 [6] | December 1983 | Shagari (II) | |
Military Government (1983–1993) | |||||
9 | Ibrahim Gambari (b. 1944) | ![]() | 18 January 1984 [7] | 27 August 1985 | Buhari (Federal Executive Council) |
10 | Bolaji Akinyemi (b. 1942) | 11 September 1985 [8] | 21 December 1987 | Babangida (Federal Executive Council) | |
11 | Ike Nwachukwu (b. 1940) | 21 December 1987 [9] | 30 December 1989 | ||
12 | Rilwanu Lukman (1938–2014) | 30 December 1989 [10] | 30 August 1990 | ||
13 | Ike Nwachukwu (b. 1940) | 30 August 1990 | January 1993 | ||
Third Republic (Interim National Government) | |||||
14 | Matthew Mbu (1929–2012) | ![]() | 4 January 1993 [11] | 17 November 1993 | Shonekan (I) |
Military Government (1993–1999) | |||||
15 | Baba Gana Kingibe (b. 1945) | 23 November 1993 [12] | 20 March 1995 | Abacha (Federal Executive Council) | |
16 | Tom Ikimi (b. 1944) | 20 March 1995 | 8 June 1998 | ||
17 | Ignatius Olisemeka (b. 1932) | 20 August 1998 [13] | June 1999 | Abubakar (Federal Executive Council) | |
Fourth Republic | |||||
18 | Sule Lamido (b. 1948) | 30 June 1999 [14] | May 2003 | Obasanjo (I) | |
19 | Oluyemi Adeniji (1934–2017) | ![]() | 8 July 2003 [15] | June 2006 | Obasanjo (II) |
20 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (b. 1954) | ![]() | 21 June 2006 [16] | 4 August 2006 (resigned) [17] | |
21 | Joy Ogwu (b. 1946) | 30 August 2006 [18] | 29 May 2007 | ||
22 | Ojo Maduekwe (1945–2016) | ![]() | 26 July 2007 [19] | 17 March 2010 | Yar'Adua (I) |
23 | Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (b. 1954) | 17 March 2010 (supervising) | April 2010 | Jonathan (I) | |
24 | Henry Odein Ajumogobia (b. 1956) | ![]() | 5 April 2010 [20] | 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) | 5 March 2014 [21] | 29 May 2015 | ||
28 | Geoffrey Onyeama (b. 1956) | ![]() | 11 November 2015 [22] | 29 May 2023 | Buhari |
29 | Yusuf Tuggar (b. 1967) | ![]() | 21 August 2023 [23] | Incumbent | Tinubu (I) |