| Post: | Minister |
| Body: | Foreign Affairs |
| Insignia: | Coat_of_arms_of_Nigeria.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Nigerian Government |
| Flag: | Flag of Nigeria (state).svg |
| Flagcaption: | State flag of Nigeria |
| Incumbent: | Yusuf Tuggar |
| Incumbentsince: | 21 August 2023 |
| Department: | Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Member Of: | Federal Cabinet |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Deputy: | Minister of State |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is the head of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Federal Executive Council.
The first woman to serve as the Nigerian foreign minister was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was in the post briefly in 2006.[1]
Political party:
| Name(Born-Died) | Portrait | Term of Office | Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Republic | |||||
| 1 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa(1912–1966) | 1 October 1960[2] | 17 July 1961 | Balewa(I) | |
| 2 | Jaja Wachuku(1918–1996) | 17 July 1961 | 7 January 1965 | ||
| 3 | Nuhu Bamalli(1917–2001) | 1 December 1965 | 17 January 1966 | Balewa(II) | |
| Military Government (1966–1979) | |||||
| 4 | Okoi Arikpo(1916–1995) | 3 September 1967 | 29 July 1975 | Gowon(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 5 | Joseph Nanven Garba(1943–2002) | 6 August 1975[3] | July 1978 | Muhammed(Federal Executive Council)
(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 6 | Henry Adefope(1926–2012) | July 1978[4] | 1979 | Obasanjo(Federal Executive Council) | |
| Second Republic | |||||
| 7 | Ishaya Audu(1927–2005) | December 1979[5] | October 1983 | Shagari(I) | |
| 8 | Emeka Anyaoku(b. 1933) | October 1983[6] | December 1983 | Shagari(II) | |
| Military Government (1983–1993) | |||||
| 9 | Ibrahim Gambari(b. 1944) | 18 January 1984[7] | 27 August 1985 | Buhari(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 10 | Bolaji Akinyemi(b. 1942) | 11 September 1985[8] | 21 December 1987 | Babangida(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 11 | Ike Nwachukwu(b. 1940) | 21 December 1987[9] | 30 December 1989 | ||
| 12 | Rilwanu Lukman(1938–2014) | 30 December 1989[10] | 30 August 1990 | ||
| 13 | Ike Nwachukwu(b. 1940) | 30 August 1990 | January 1993 | ||
| Third Republic (Interim National Government) | |||||
| 14 | Matthew Mbu(1929–2012) | 4 January 1993[11] | 17 November 1993 | Shonekan(I) | |
| Military Government (1993–1999) | |||||
| 15 | Baba Gana Kingibe(b. 1945) | 23 November 1993[12] | 20 March 1995 | Abacha(Federal Executive Council) | |
| 16 | Tom Ikimi(b. 1944) | 20 March 1995 | 8 June 1998 | ||
| 17 | Ignatius Olisemeka(b. 1932) | 20 August 1998[13] | June 1999 | Abubakar(Federal Executive Council) | |
| Fourth Republic | |||||
| 18 | Sule Lamido(b. 1948) | 30 June 1999[14] | May 2003 | Obasanjo(I) | |
| 19 | Oluyemi Adeniji(1934–2017) | 8 July 2003[15] | June 2006 | Obasanjo(II) | |
| 20 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala(b. 1954) | 21 June 2006[16] | 4 August 2006(resigned)[17] | ||
| 21 | Joy Ogwu(b. 1946) | 30 August 2006[18] | 29 May 2007 | ||
| 22 | Ojo Maduekwe(1945–2016) | 26 July 2007[19] | 17 March 2010 | Yar'Adua(I) | |
| 23 | Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi(b. 1954) | 17 March 2010(supervising) | April 2010 | Jonathan(I) | |
| 24 | Henry Odein Ajumogobia(b. 1956) | 5 April 2010[20] | 9 July 2011 | Jonathan(II) | |
| 25 | Olugbenga Ashiru(1948–2014) | 11 July 2011 | 11 September 2013 | ||
| 26 | Viola Onwuliri(b. 1956) | 11 September 2013 | March 2014 | ||
| 27 | Aminu Bashir Wali(b. 1941) | 5 March 2014[21] | 29 May 2015 | ||
| 28 | Geoffrey Onyeama(b. 1956) | 11 November 2015[22] | 29 May 2023 | Buhari(I • II) | |
| 29 | Yusuf Tuggar(b. 1967) | 21 August 2023[23] | Incumbent | Tinubu(I) | |