Henry Odein Ajumogobia
Henry Odein Ajumogobia | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Petroleum | |
| In office July 2007 – March 2010 | |
| Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 April 2010 – 9 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ojo Maduekwe |
| Succeeded by | Olugbenga Ashiru |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1956 Rivers State, Nigeria |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party |
| Education | Nigeria Law School (1979) Harvard (1988) University of Lagos Law Society Award for distinction in the legal profession; Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London, 1996); LL.D (Honoris Causa) former Rivers State University of Science and Technology, now Rivers State University (2012). Career: Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (1979–80); Associate, Fred Egbe & Co, Barristers & Solicitors (1980–83); Founding/Senior Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke, Barristers & Solicitors, one of the leading business and investment law firms in Nigeria (since 1984); Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1996); Member ICC Court of Arbitration and Commission of Arbitration (2001–2006); |
Henry Odein Ajumogobia (born 29 June 1956) is a Nigerian lawyer who served as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources between 2007 and 2009 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2010 to July 2011. He was also Head of Nigeria's delegation to OPEC from July 2007 to December 2008. In August 1983, Ajumogobia and Christopher Nonyelum Okeke founded a legal firm, Ajumogobia and Okeke.