Tinubu (sitting)Minister of Foreign Affairs· 21 August 2023 — sitting
Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar
Foreign Minister. Architect of the '4D' policy: Democracy, Development, Demography, Diaspora.
The record
Yusuf Tuggar (b. 12 December 1968, Tuggar, Bauchi State) served as Nigerian Ambassador to Germany from 2017 to 2023 before his appointment as Foreign Minister.
His tenure has been dominated by Nigeria's chairing of ECOWAS through the Niger coup of 26 July 2023, the eventual withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the bloc in January 2024, and the formation of the Alliance of Sahel States.
Sources
- ECOWAS Commission — Communiqués of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, 2023–2024
- Chatham House — Africa Programme briefings, 2024
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.