Ambassador ralph uwechue biography of rory

Nigerian diplomat and publisher (–)

Raphaël Chukwu Uwechue (13 May – 13 March ), often abbreviated as Raph Uwechue, was a Nigerian minister, diplomat and publisher.

Ambassador ralph uwechue biography of rory

He is a former president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an Igbo socio-cultural organization in Nigeria.^[1][2][3]

Training

Born on 13 May , in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Nigeria, Uwechue attended St.

John's College in Kaduna from to He graduated from the University of Ibadan in with a degree in history. In , he obtained a diploma in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.^[2] He was a doctoral student in political science at the École pratique des hautes études from to ^[4]

Career

Uwechue entered Nigeria's foreign service at its inception in and served in Cameroon, Pakistan and Mali.

In , he opened the Nigerian embassy in Paris as its first envoy. From to , during the Nigerian Civil War, he acted as Biafr