Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi was born on 4 January 1942 and is a Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria External Affairs Minister from 1985 to late 1987.
10 Facts About Bolaji Akinyemi
1.
2.
Bolaji Akinyemi is the chairman of the National Think Tank.
3.
Bolaji Akinyemi attended Igbobi College in Yaba from 1955 until 1959, Christ's School Ado Ekiti from 1960 to 1961, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1962 to 1964, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, US, 1964 to 1966, and Trinity College, Oxford, England, from 1966 until 1969.
4.
Bolaji Akinyemi was a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and at the Diplomacy Training Programme, University of Nairobi, Kenya, both in 1977.
5.
Bolaji Akinyemi was Regents Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, US, in 1979, professor of political science at the University of Lagos, from 1983 until 1985, and visiting fellow, St John's College, Cambridge, England in 1984.
6.
Bolaji Akinyemi was director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs from 1975 until 1983.
7.
Bolaji Akinyemi has written and edited so many books and journals.
Related searches
Ibrahim Babangida 8.
Bolaji Akinyemi was appointed Minister of External Affairs by military leader Ibrahim Babangida in 1985.
9.
Bolaji Akinyemi came up with the concept of the "Concert of Medium Powers".
10.
In 1987, Bolaji Akinyemi stated his support for Nigeria developing nuclear weapons.