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    "id": "diplomatic.foreign-ministers",
    "title": "Foreign ministers of Nigeria",
    "description": "Every holder of the foreign affairs portfolio, with tenure and the government served.",
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      {
        "id": "jaja-wachuku",
        "title": "Jaja Wachuku",
        "year": "1961–1964",
        "category": "independence",
        "summary": "First substantive FM. Established most early bilateral relationships. Represented Nigeria at UN.",
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        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-003"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "nuhu-bamali",
        "title": "Nuhu Bamali",
        "year": "1964–1966",
        "category": "independence",
        "summary": "Second Republic transition FM. Assassinated in January 1966 coup.",
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        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-003"
          ]
        }
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      {
        "id": "okoi-arikpo",
        "title": "Okoi Arikpo",
        "year": "1967–1975",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "Civil War FM. Managed Biafra's international isolation. OAU strategy.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-005"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "joe-garba",
        "title": "Joe Garba",
        "year": "1975–1978",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "Murtala/Obasanjo I era. Murtala's 1976 OAU Angola speech. Expelled Israeli ambassador.",
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        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-006",
            "GOV-007"
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      },
      {
        "id": "henry-adefope",
        "title": "Henry Adefope",
        "year": "1979–1983",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Second Republic. BP nationalisation fallout. ECOWAS diplomacy.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-008"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "ibrahim-gambari",
        "title": "Ibrahim Gambari",
        "year": "1984–1985",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "Later UN Under-Secretary-General. Managed Buhari's military transition diplomacy.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-009"
          ]
        }
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      {
        "id": "bolaji-akinyemi",
        "title": "Bolaji Akinyemi",
        "year": "1985–1987",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "'Concert of Medium Powers' doctrine. AFCON of Nations framework.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-010"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "ike-nwachukwu",
        "title": "Ike Nwachukwu",
        "year": "1987–1990",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "Managed diplomatic fallout from SAP-era economic crisis.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-010"
          ]
        }
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      {
        "id": "matthew-mbu",
        "title": "Matthew Mbu",
        "year": "1990–1992",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "One of Nigeria's youngest-ever FMs. Gulf War positioning.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-010"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "aliyu-mohammed",
        "title": "Aliyu Mohammed",
        "year": "1992–1993",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "Transition programme FM.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-010"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "baba-gana-kingibe",
        "title": "Baba Gana Kingibe",
        "year": "1993",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "MKO Abiola's VP running mate. Briefly FM under Abacha after June 12 annulment.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-012"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "tom-ikimi",
        "title": "Tom Ikimi",
        "year": "1995–1999",
        "category": "military",
        "summary": "Abacha FM. Managed Commonwealth suspension post-Saro-Wiwa. Defended Nigeria internationally.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-012"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "sule-lamido",
        "title": "Sule Lamido",
        "year": "1999–2002",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "First Obasanjo democracy FM. Re-admission to Commonwealth. Debt relief groundwork.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-014"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "dubem-onyia",
        "title": "Dubem Onyia",
        "year": "2002–2003",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Obasanjo transitional FM.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-014"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "oluyemi-adeniji",
        "title": "Oluyemi Adeniji",
        "year": "2003–2006",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Managed Bakassi ICJ implementation. Greentree Agreement.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-014"
          ]
        }
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      {
        "id": "ojo-maduekwe",
        "title": "Ojo Maduekwe",
        "year": "2007–2010",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Yar'Adua FM. ECOWAS engagement. Diaspora affairs elevation.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-015"
          ]
        }
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      {
        "id": "henry-odein-ajumogobia",
        "title": "Henry Odein Ajumogobia",
        "year": "2010–2011",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Jonathan's first FM. Oil diplomacy.",
        "href": "https://therepublic.extrafemi.com/diplomatic",
        "extra": {
          "governments": [
            "GOV-016"
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        }
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      {
        "id": "olugbenga-ashiru",
        "title": "Olugbenga Ashiru",
        "year": "2011–2013",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Jonathan FM. Gulf of Guinea maritime security.",
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        "extra": {
          "governments": [
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        "id": "aminu-wali",
        "title": "Aminu Wali",
        "year": "2013–2015",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Jonathan's final FM. Chibok kidnapping international response.",
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          "governments": [
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        "id": "geoffrey-onyeama",
        "title": "Geoffrey Onyeama",
        "year": "2015–2023",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Buhari FM. Longest-serving recent FM. COVID diplomacy. Twitter ban international fallout.",
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            "GOV-017"
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        "id": "yusuf-tuggar",
        "title": "Yusuf Tuggar",
        "year": "2023–present",
        "category": "democracy",
        "summary": "Tinubu FM. Niger coup ECOWAS response. Russia-Africa Summit positioning.",
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