Aminu Bashir Wali

Aminu Bashir Wali
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2014–2015
Preceded by Viola Onwuliri
Succeeded by Geoffrey Onyeama[1]
Personal details
Born (1941-08-03) August 3, 1941
Kano
Nationality Nigeria
Alma mater North-Western Polytechnic, London
Provincial Secondary School, Kano

Aminu Bashir Wali (born August 3, 1941) was Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2015.

Early life and education

Wali was born in Kano in 1941. Aminu Bashir Wali's education included training at the School of Arabic Studies in Kano and graduation in 1967 with a degree in Business Administration from the North-Western Polytechnic in London.[2]

Career

From 2004, he was Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He then became the Ambassador of Nigeria to the People's Republic of China.

Wali was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Goodluck Jonathan's administration. Trips abroad included one by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Turkey.[3] In October 2014 Wali received the Foreign Minister of Germany and France, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Laurent Fabius, discuss the Boko Haram kidnappings and measures to combat the outbreak of Ebola.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Biographical Notes, UNVienna, Retrieved 10 February 2016
  3. ↑ No: 6, 07 January 2015, Press Release Regarding the Visit of H.E. Aminu Bashir Wali, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Retrieved 10 February 2016
  4. ↑ German and French Ministers travel to Nigeria, Retrieved 10 February 2016



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