Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu
Born
Bianca Odinakachukwu Onoh

(1968-08-05) 5 August 1968 (age 56)
Ngwo, Biafra
(now Ngwo, Nigeria)
EducationUniversity of Buckingham
University of Nigeria
Nigerian Law School
Alfonso X El Sabio University
Spouse
(m. 1994; died 2011)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMBGN 1988
Miss Africa 1988
Miss Intercontinental 1989
Major
competition(s)
MBGN 1988
Miss Africa 1988
Miss Intercontinental 1989

Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu (née Onoh; born 5 August 1968)[1] is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. The widow of the rouge separatist Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, [2][3] she is a multiple international pageant titleholder, having won Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Miss Africa, and Miss Intercontinental. Formerly a presidential advisor,[4][3] she was the country's ambassador to Ghana and became Nigeria's Ambassador to Spain in 2012.[5] She is the incumbent Minister of State Foreign Affairs, after being sworn-in on 4 November 2024.[6]

  1. ^ "Revealed: Ojukwu's controversial Will - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "It was Bianca Ojukwu who slapped Obiano's wife, video reveals". 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Drama for Soludo inauguration as Obiano wife and Bianca Ojukwu clash". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ Beauty Queen Bianca Ojukwu Appointed Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs Archived 6 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Bianca Ojukwu appointed Nigeria's new ambassador to Ghana". onlinenigeria. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ Oamen, Samuel (4 November 2024). "BREAKING: Tinubu swears in seven new Ministers". The Nation. Retrieved 5 November 2024.