Nigerian political scientist and diplomat (born 1957)
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande GCON OFR diplomat , academic and political scientist [ 1] president of the United Nations General Assembly 74th session from 17 September 2019 to 15 September 2020.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 71st session from September 2016 to September 2017.[ 5] [ 6] Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2017.
From 2010 to 2016, he was the director general of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, Nigeria , and was the vice chancellor of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University from 2004 to 2009.[ 7] [ 8]
In January 2021, he was re-listed by President Buhari as the permanent representative to the United Nations , New York.[ 9]
Early life
Muhammad-Bande was born and educated in Zagga, a town in present-day Kebbi State .[ 10]
Education
He attended Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria where he received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1979 before proceeding to Boston University , where he graduated with a Master of Arts in political science in 1981. Muhammad-Bande received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto in 1987.[ 1] [ 8]
Career
In the 1980s, he taught at the Usman Danfodio University in Sokoto and rose to the rank of professor in 1998.[ 1] Tangier , Morocco .[ 11] chancellor of Usman Danfodio University before being appointed director-general of Nigeria's National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies , a position he held from 2010 to 2016.[ 12]
Personal life
He is married with four children.[ 13]
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