Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji was a Nigerian career diplomat and politician who was the Special Representative of the General Secretary with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) from November 19,1999 to July 16,2003. Later he was Foreign Minister of Nigeria from July 2003 to June 2006,then Internal Affairs Minister from 21 June 2006 to May 2007.
James Victor Gbeho is a Ghanaian lawyer and diplomat who was President of the ECOWAS Commission from 2010 to 2012,to which position he was unanimously elected at the 37th Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the 15 Member States.
Chief Tom Ikimi in Kumba-Southern,British Cameroons to John Onile Ikimi and Victoria Isiemoa Ikimi,both from Igueben. He is married,with three sons and a daughter. He is a Roman Catholic. He was appointed Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He has been chairman of ECOWAS council of ministers and ECOWAS committee of Nine on Liberia(C-9) from 26 July 1996.
Stavros Lambrinidis is a Greek lawyer and politician who has served as the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States since March 2019. He previously served as the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights from 2012 to 2019 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 2011 to November 2011.
The European Union Special Representatives (EUSR) are emissaries of the European Union with specific tasks abroad. While the EU's ambassadors are responsible for affairs with a single country,Special Representatives tackle specific issues,conflict areas or regions of countries. They answer directly to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,currently Josep Borrell.
Mohamed Ibn Chambas is a Ghanaian lawyer,diplomat,politician and academic Ghana who has served as an international civil servant since 2006. He last served as the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel,and the former head of UNOWAS from April 2014 to April 2021. Previously,he served as the UN SRSG and Head of the Joint UN-AU Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (2012-2014),the Secretary-General of the African,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (2010-2012) and the president of the Economic Community of West African States.
Jaja Anucha Wachuku,a Royal Prince of Ngwaland,"descendant of 20 generations of African chiefs in the Igbo country of Eastern Nigeria," was a Pan-Africanist,and a Nigerian statesman,lawyer,politician,diplomat and humanitarian. He was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives;as well as first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Also,Wachuku was the first Nigerian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Matthew Tawo Mbu was a Nigerian lawyer,politician,diplomat,and a permanent fixture in Nigerian political affairs for more than fifty years.
Stephen Christopher Brady is a former Australian career diplomat. In 1999 he and his partner Peter Stephens became the world's first officially acknowledged same sex ambassadorial couple,when they were presented to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at the start of Brady's posting as Australian Ambassador to Denmark. From September 2008 to June 2014 he was the Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. During this time he was also Secretary of the Council of the Order of Australia and Secretary of the Bravery Decorations Council. In March 2014 his appointment as Ambassador to the French Republic,with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Morocco,Algeria,Mauritania and the Principality of Monaco was announced.
Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi is a Nigerian diplomat. He is best known as the former President of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Uhomoibhi's term as President was from 19 June 2008 to 18 June 2009. Martin Uhomoibhi served as Permanent Secretary of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In October 2015 he was appointed as Joint Special Representative for Darfur and Head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
Major General Alfred Claude Nelson-Williams,GCOR is a retired Major General in the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF). Nelson-Williams serves as the Sierra Leone Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria Nelson-Williams previous served as Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) for Sierra Leone from 2008 to 2010.
Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko is a Russian diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom between January 2011 and August 2019. Since August 2019,he has been rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia. While working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow,he was in charge of multilateral diplomacy. A graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1976,he later gained a Doctor of Law degree. Yakovenko holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,and speaks Russian,English and French.
Tuliameni Kalomoh is a Namibian diplomat who has among other portfolios served as Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the President,Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Namibia.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
Javid Husain,is a Diplomat,from the Foreign Service of Pakistan,who has had a distinguished career during which he served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the Netherlands (1992–1995),the Republic of Korea (1995–1997) and Iran (1997–2003). During his tenure at Tehran,he was also the Pakistan Permanent Representative to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
Oloye Akin Alabi is a Nigerian politician,entrepreneur,author and philanthropist. He is the author of the best selling business and marketing books,Small Business Big Money and How To Sell To Nigerians. He is the founder of NairaBET.com,Nigeria's first sports betting company. He is the founder and owner of Lekki United F.C.
Liberia–Soviet relations were the bilateral relations between Liberia and Soviet Union. Contacts between the two countries were sporadic during the 1950s and 1960s,improved during the 1970s but became frosty in the 1980s.
Blessing Akporode Clark,CON is a former Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations at New York. He also served Nigeria as a diplomat in Europe,America,and Africa. He is a former member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2015. He attended Government College Ughelli in Delta State Nigeria. He attended University College Ibadan around 1952. He was a contemporary of late Gamaliel Onosode. Clark is a life member of the Institute of International Affairs and Ikoyi Club 1938.
