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She is known for serving as the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Moral Values and for her advocacy of the emancipation and empowerment of Nigerian women and children. Jibril is Nigeria's first female presidential candidate both at the primaries and main elections, having run for president on four occasions. [1]
Parliamentary Secretary to the President – Jean M. Mlanga – 1966 [120] Minister of State for Women's and Children’s Affairs – Edda E. Chitalo – 1994 [120] Foreign minister – Lilian Patel – 2000 [83] Interior minister – Anna Kachikho – 2005 [121] Vice President – Joyce Banda – 2009 [122] President – Joyce Banda – 2012 [123]
Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari both served two non-consecutive periods as head of state, first as military officers and then later as civilians. The first ceremonial president, who served during the first republic was Nnamdi Azikiwe, while the first executive president of Nigeria was Shehu Shagari. Shagari was also the first president ...
Diezani K. Agama (born 6 December 1960) is a Nigerian politician who was the first female President of OPEC. [4] She became Nigeria's minister of transportation on 26 July 2007. [5] She was moved to Mines and Steel Development in 2008, [6] and in April 2010 was appointed as the first female Minister of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria. [7]
Chief Alaba Oluwaseun Lawson (18 January 1951 – 28 October 2023) was a Nigerian business magnate and academic. She served as the first female president of NACCIMA and chairman of the board of the Governing Council, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
[12] [13] On April 17, 2014, she was appointed as the first female president of the Nigerian courts of appeals by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, sworn in by Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, a former chief justice of Nigeria and who coincidentally is first female chief justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [14] [15] [16]
Oloori Kofoworola "Kofo" Aina Ademola, Lady Ademola MBE, MFR, OFR (née Moore; 21 May 1913 – 15 May 2002) was a Nigerian educationist [2] A writer and advocate for women education and also the president [3] of the National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria and was the head of the women's organization from 1958 to 1964. [4]