A former Secretary General of the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari has been appointed the new Chief of Staff to the President.
He replaces the former chief of staff, late Abba Kyari.
Gambari, from Kwara State was the Minister of External Affairs between 1984 and 1985.
Born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State, he is a Nigerian scholar and diplomat.
Gambari was Minister for External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. He was 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.
At one time, Gambari was the Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Issues for the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
On 4 March 2013, Ibrahim Gambari was named by the Kwara State Governor, AbdulFatah Ahmad, as the pioneer chancellor of the Kwara State University, making him the ceremonial head of the university. Gambari is also co-chair of the Albright-Gambari Commission.
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