Aminu Bashir Wali

Aminu Bashir Wali
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 March 2014 – 29 May 2015
President	Goodluck Jonathan
Preceded by	Viola Onwuliri
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Onyeama[1]
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-03) August 3, 1941 (age 83) Kano
Nationality	Nigerian
Alma mater	North-Western Polytechnic, London Provincial Secondary School, Kano

Aminu Bashir Walipronunciation^ⓘ (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. His education included training at the School of Arabic Studies in Kano and he graduated 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 to Turkey, following an invitation from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.^[3] In October 2014, Wali received the Foreign Ministers of Germany and France, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Laurent Fabius, to discuss the Boko Haram kidnappings and measures to combat the outbreak of Ebola.

Siblings

1, Abubakar Bashir Wali

2, Mahe Bashir Wali

3, Umar Bashir Wali

4, Mustapha Bashir Wali 5, Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa

See also

• Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)

References

1. "The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. 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 Archived 2016-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 10 February 2016