Gambari tribe
Ibrahim Gambari
Nigerian academic and diplomat (born )
Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR ((Listenⓘ); born November 24, ), is a Nigerianacademic and diplomat who served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria from to [1][2][3][4]
He previously served as permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations from to , and minister of external affairs from to
Early life and education
Ibrahim Agboola Gambari was born on 24 November in Ilorin, Kwara State to a Fulani ruling class family.
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Gambari attended King's College, Lagos. He subsequently attended the London School of Economics where he obtained his B. Sc. (Economics) degree () with specialisation in International Relations. He later obtained his M.A. () and Ph. D. () degrees from Columbia University, New York, United States in Political Science /International Relations.[6]
Academic career
Gambari began his teaching career in at City University of New York before working at University of Albany.
Later, he taught at Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria, Kaduna State.[7] From to , he was Visiting Professor at three universities in Washington, D.C.: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Georgetown University and Howard University.
Ibrahim gambari biography Read Edit View history. Preceded by Emeka Anyaoku. Preceded by Abba Kyari. Emeka Anyaoku.He has also been a research fellow at the Brookings Institution also in Washington, D.C. and a Resident Scholar at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, the Rockefeller Foundation-run center in Italy. He has written so many books and published in reputable journals in foreign policy and international relations, such as 'Theory and Reality in Foreign Policy: Nigeria after second Republic'.[8]
Foreign policy
Nigeria
Gambari served as the Minister for External Affairs between and under General Muhammadu Buhari's military regime, after he was the director general of The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).
From to , he holds the record of being the longest serving Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, serving under five Heads of State and Presidents.
United Nations
Gambari has held several positions in the United Nations. In , he was the President of UNICEF and later became UN Under Secretary-General and the first Special Adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary GeneralKofi Annan from to He was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs from to under Secretary-General's Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon.
His last appointment in the UN was from January to July , when he was appointed by Ban Ki-moon and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission as the Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur.[9]