1st RepublicMinister of Foreign Affairs· 1961 — 1965
Chief Jaja Anucha Wachuku
First indigenous Foreign Minister. First Nigerian Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The record
Jaja Wachuku (1918–1996) of Nbawsi, Abia State, was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives (1960–1961) and Nigeria's first indigenous Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.
He raised the Nigerian flag at the United Nations on 7 October 1960 as Nigeria's first Permanent Representative, and led Nigeria's positions on the Congo Crisis, the Sharpeville aftermath, and the formation of the OAU in 1963.
Sources
- UN Yearbook 1960–1965
- Wachuku family papers, archived at the Centre for Black & African Arts and Civilization
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.