Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu

Nigerian businesswoman and lawyer

Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. She currently serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The widow of Biafra President Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, she is a multiple international pageant titleholder, having won Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Miss Africa, and Miss Intercontinental. Formerly a presidential advisor, she was the country's ambassador to Ghana and became Nigeria's Ambassador to Spain in 2012. She is also Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the incumbent Minister of State Foreign Affairs, after being sworn-in on 4 November 2024.

Also known as...Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu
Nigeria Considers South Africa Sanctions

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