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Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political Party Cabinet Ref. Took office Left office Time in office Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria; 1 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966) 1 October 1960: 1 October 1963 3 years: Northern People's Congress: Balewa II: Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeriathis is the bello and the ...
Prime minister Ref. No. Portrait Name (birth–death) Took office Left office Time in office 1 Sir James Robertson (1899–1983) 1 October 1960 16 November 1960 46 days Elizabeth II: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966) 2 Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) 16 November 1960 1 October 1963 2 years, 319 days
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The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office on an appointed date, as presidents-elect and prime ministers–designate, and those leading a government-in-exile if internationally recognised.
On 30 August 1957 the governor-general of Nigeria, Sir James Wilson Robertson, announced that Abubakar Tafawa Balewa had been appointed prime minister, with a broad-based National Government. [1] His first cabinet included ministers from all parties. [2] The cabinet was based on that appointed after the 1954 elections. [1] Cabinet ministers ...
As Prime Minister of Nigeria, Balewa, from 1960 to 1961, doubled as Foreign Affairs advocate of Nigeria. In 1961, the Balewa government created an official Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations ministerial position in favour of Jaja Wachuku who became, from 1961 to 1965, the first substantive Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and ...
Prime Minister of Nigeria; S. List of current state governors in Nigeria; List of governors of former Nigerian states; Progressive Governors Forum; V. Vice President ...
An all-Nigerian Executive Council was headed by the prime minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. On 16 November 1960, Nnamdi Azikiwe became the first governor-general of a federation of three regions of the north, east and west, with Lagos as the Federal Capital. Each of the regions was headed by a premier with a governor as ceremonial head.