Diezani Alison-Madueke
Diezani K. Alison-Madueke (born December 6, 1960 in Port Harcourt ) is a Nigerian politician .
Life
Alison-Madueke is the daughter of Frederick Abiye Agama and Beatrice Oyete Agama . Her brother is Bishop Doyé Teido Agama . She has been with Rear Admiral i since 1999 . R. Allison Madueke is married with three children.
education
She earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from Howard University in 1992. In 2002 she received a Chevening Scholarship Program of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and studied at the Hughes Hall College of Cambridge University , where she received an MBA in 2003 . On September 17, 2011, the Nigerian Defense Academy awarded her an honorary doctorate in management sciences.
Professional
She started working for Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria in 1992 and was appointed External Affairs Director as its first female executive director in 2006. Under President Umaru Yar'Adua , she was Minister of Transport from July 26, 2007, and Minister of Mining and Steel Development from 2008. In 2010 she named President Goodluck Jonathan as the first female Minister for Energy (Petroleum), a position she held until 2015.
At the 166th meeting of OPEC on November 27, 2014 in Vienna, she was elected as the first female president of OPEC on January 1, 2015 .
In 2015 she was arrested in London by the UK National Crime Agency on suspicion of bribery and money laundering.
Individual evidence
- ^ Howard University event announcement, April 26, 2012, accessed March 3, 2015
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ OPEC press release of November 27, 2014, accessed on March 3, 2015
- ↑ BBC, October 2, 2015
- ↑ naij.com of October 8, 2015
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alison-Madueke, Diezani |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sobota, Diezani |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Harcourt |