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.
Political party: Name (Born-Died)PortraitTerm of OfficeCabinetFirst Republic1Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966)1 October 196017 July 1961Balewa (I)2Jaja Wachuku (1918–1996)17 July 19617 January 19653Nuhu Bamalli (1917–2001)1 December 196517 January 1966Balewa (II)Military Government (1966–1979)4Okoi Arikpo (1916–1995)3 September 196729 July 1975Gowon (Federal Executive Council)5Joseph Nanven Garba (1943–2002)6 August 1975July 1978Muhammed (Federal Executive Council)
Obasanjo
(Federal Executive Council)6Henry Adefope (1926–2012)July 19781979Obasanjo (Federal Executive Council)Second Republic7Ishaya Audu (1927–2005)December 1979October 1983Shagari (I) 8Emeka Anyaoku (b. 1933)October 1983December 1983Shagari (II)Military Government (1983–1993)9Ibrahim Gambari (b. 1944)18 January 198427 August 1985Buhari (Federal Executive Council)10Bolaji Akinyemi (b. 1942)11 September 198521 December 1987Babangida (Federal Executive Council)11Ike Nwachukwu (b. 1940)21 December 198730 December 198912Rilwanu Lukman (1938–2014)30 December 198930 August 199013Ike Nwachukwu (b. 1940)30 August 1990January 1993Third Republic (Interim National Government)14Matthew Mbu (1929–2012)4 January 199317 November 1993Shonekan (I)Military Government (1993–1999)15Baba Gana Kingibe (b. 1945)23 November 199320 March 1995Abacha (Federal Executive Council)16Tom Ikimi (b. 1944)20 March 19958 June 199817Ignatius Olisemeka (b. 1932)20 August 1998June 1999Abubakar (Federal Executive Council)Fourth Republic18Sule Lamido (b. 1948)30 June 1999May 2003Obasanjo (I) 19Oluyemi Adeniji (1934–2017)8 July 2003June 2006Obasanjo (II) 20Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (b. 1954)21 June 20064 August 2006 (resigned)21Joy Ogwu (1946–2025)30 August 200629 May 200722Ojo Maduekwe (1945–2016)26 July 200717 March 2010Yar'Adua (I) 23Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (b. 1954)17 March 2010 (supervising)April 2010Jonathan (I)24Henry Odein Ajumogobia (b. 1956)5 April 20109 July 2011Jonathan (II)25Olugbenga Ashiru (1948–2014)11 July 201111 September 2013 26Viola Onwuliri (b. 1956)11 September 2013March 201427Aminu Bashir Wali (b. 1941)5 March 201429 May 201528Geoffrey Onyeama (b. 1956)11 November 201529 May 2023Buhari (I • II)29Yusuf Tuggar (b. 1967)21 August 202330 March 2026Tinubu (I)30Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (b. 1968)30 March 2026Incumbent
See also
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)
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