Name Oluyemi Adeniji Oluyemi Adeniji
Surname Adeniji
First Names Oluyemi
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Title Ambassador
Country of Birth Nigeria
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2007 2007 Ministry of Interior Minister of Interior
2005 2007 Ministry of Internal Affairs - Defunct 2007 Minister of Internal Affairs
2003 2006 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs
1999 2003 United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone Special representative of the General Secretary - UNAMSIL
1991 1994 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General
1987 1991 Nigerian Embassy in France Nigerian Ambassador to France
1970 1973 Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN Minister in the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York
Date of Birth 22 Jul 1934
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Notes Adeniji Replaces Annan in Kenya Talks
He has served as Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations office in Geneva in 1977 and was ambassador in Switzerland.Earlier, he was ambassador to the Republic of Austria in 1976 and Permanent Secretary to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.Adeniji, commonly referred to as "Chief" back home, also served as ambassador to France in 1987.
He served in Paris until 1991 when he took over as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja.He retired from the foreign service in 1994 and went ahead to serve as Special Envoy to the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Peace keeping Mission in the Central African Republic in 1998.He took over a similar role the following year and was subsequently involved in peace talks between warring groups in the Sierra Leone.
The talks culminated in the signing of the Lome Peace Agreement.Adeniji played a significant part in the endeavour to reform the UN Security Council, the body's top and most powerful organ.He is a History graduate of the University College of Ibadan and a holder of a national medal, Commander of Order of the Niger.
[ 2 Mar 2008 - http://allafrica.com/stories/200803031078.html ]
For a UN biography, see: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1999/19991119.sga713.doc.html
[ Retrieved on 29 FEB 2008 ]
Record last updated on 11 MAR 2008