Professor Agboola Ibrahim Gambari has been appointed as the new chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He will be presented during the virtual meeting of the federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday.
He is currently the founder/chairman of Savannah Center External link in Abuja, a think-tank for research, training and public policy debate on the nexus between diplomacy (conflict resolution), democracy and development in Africa.
Just In: Buhari Appoints New Chief of Staff, See His Profile
Prof. Gambari, a Nigerian scholar, diplomat and an indigene of Kwara State was appointed to replace the late Abba Kyari on Tuesday, May 12.
Mallam Abba Kyari was the Chief of Staff to President Buhari before his demise which was announced on April 17 shortly after testing positive to Coronavirus.
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, A former Secretary General of the United Nations, the new Chief of Staff to the President.
Gambari, from Kwara State was the Minister of External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. A professor of repute and a global citizen, the 79 year old replaces former Chief of Staff, late Abba Kyari.
Brief Profile Of The New Chief Of Staff, Prof Gambari
Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR (born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian scholar and diplomat. He was Minister for External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. Gambari has been appointed by the secretary-general of United Nations Ban Ki-moon and the chairperson of the African Union Commission as Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur effective from 1 January 2010.
He is currently the Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Issues for the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he served as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (USG) for the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). He was appointed on June 10, 2005, and assumed the post on July 1 of that year.
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