List of foreign ministers of Nigeria

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Coat of arms of the Nigerian Government
State flag of Nigeria
Incumbent Yusuf Tuggar since 21 August 2023
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.gov.ng

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)		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) Obasanjo (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 (1946–2025)		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 (I • II)
29	Yusuf Tuggar (b. 1967)		21 August 2023 [23]	Incumbent	Tinubu (I)

See also

• Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)

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