Henry Odein Ajumogobia | |
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Minister of State for Petroleum | |
In office July 2007 – March 2010 | |
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 6 April 2010 – 9 July 2011 | |
Preceded by | Ojo Maduekwe |
Succeeded by | Olugbenga Ashiru |
Personal details | |
Born | Rivers State, Nigeria | 29 June 1956
Political party | People's Democratic Party |
Education | Nigeria Law School (1979) Harvard (1988) University of Lagos Law Society Award for distinction in the legal profession; Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London, 1996); LL.D (Honoris Causa) former Rivers State University of Science and Technology, now Rivers State University (2012). Career: Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (1979–80); Associate, Fred Egbe & Co, Barristers & Solicitors (1980–83); Founding/Senior Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke, Barristers & Solicitors, one of the leading business and investment law firms in Nigeria (since 1984); Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1996); Member ICC Court of Arbitration and Commission of Arbitration (2001–2006); |
Henry Odein Ajumogobia (born 29 June 1956) is a Nigerian lawyer who served as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources between 2007 and 2009 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2010 to July 2011.[1] [2] He was also Head of Nigeria's delegation to OPEC from July 2007 to December 2008. In August 1983, Ajumogobia and Christopher Nonyelum Okeke founded a legal firm, Ajumogobia and Okeke.