Henry Odein Ajumogobia Politician
Henry Odein Ajumogobia (born 29 June 1956) was appointed Nigerian Minister of State Petroleum Resources between 2007 and 2009 during President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua administration. And was later appointed minister of Foreign Affairs on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet. In July 2011, following a cabinet reshuffle, he was replaced by Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru.In August 1983 Ajumogobia entered a partnership with Christopher Nonyelum Okeke, the basis for the legal firm of Ajumogobia and Okeke.Known as much for his flourishing 30 year old law partnership of Ajumogobia & Okeke, as for his time in public service as Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) and Head of Nigeria's delegation to OPEC (July 2007- December 2008) during which period he made the removal of subsidies on petroleum products, and deregulation of the downstream; building ofstrategic petroleum reserves gas utilisation, monetization & flare reduction, and alternative funding structures in the upstream petroleum sectors, in particular his priorities; Later Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (January 2009 - March 2010): Head of Nigeria's delegation to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF);Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria (6 April 2010 - 29 May 2011) where as President of the UN Security Council in August 2010, he introduced a well received debate in theCouncil on 'Preventive Diplomacy'.
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