# List of foreign ministers of Nigeria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is the head of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Federal Executive Council.
The first woman to serve as the Nigerian foreign minister was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was in the post briefly in 2006.
Political party: NPC NCNC NPP APC PDP Military
| Name (Born-Died) | Name (Born-Died) | Term of Office | Term of Office | Cabinet |
| First Republic ||||||
| 1 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966) | 1 October 1960 | 17 July 1961 | Balewa (I) |
| 2 | Jaja Wachuku (1918–1996) | 17 July 1961 | 7 January 1965 | Balewa (I) |
| 3 | Nuhu Bamalli (1917–2001) | 1 December 1965 | 17 January 1966 | Balewa (II) |
| Military Government (1966–1979) ||||||
| 4 | Okoi Arikpo (1916–1995) | 3 September 1967 | 29 July 1975 | Gowon (Federal Executive Council) |
| 5 | Joseph Nanven Garba (1943–2002) | 6 August 1975 | July 1978 | Muhammed (Federal Executive Council) Obasanjo (Federal Executive Council) |
| 6 | Henry Adefope (1926–2012) | July 1978 | 1979 | Obasanjo (Federal Executive Council) |
| Second Republic ||||||
| 7 | Ishaya Audu (1927–2005) | December 1979 | October 1983 | Shagari (I) |
| 8 | Emeka Anyaoku (b. 1933) | October 1983 | December 1983 | Shagari (II) |
| Military Government (1983–1993) ||||||
| 9 | Ibrahim Gambari (b. 1944) | 18 January 1984 | 27 August 1985 | Buhari (Federal Executive Council) |
| 10 | Bolaji Akinyemi (b. 1942) | 11 September 1985 | 21 December 1987 | Babangida (Federal Executive Council) |
| 11 | Ike Nwachukwu (b. 1940) | 21 December 1987 | 30 December 1989 | Babangida (Federal Executive Council) |
| 12 | Rilwanu Lukman (1938–2014) | 30 December 1989 | 30 August 1990 | Babangida (Federal Executive Council) |
| 13 | Ike Nwachukwu (b. 1940) | 30 August 1990 | January 1993 | Babangida (Federal Executive Council) |
| Third Republic (Interim National Government) ||||||
| 14 | Matthew Mbu (1929–2012) | 4 January 1993 | 17 November 1993 | Shonekan (I) |
| Military Government (1993–1999) ||||||
| 15 | Baba Gana Kingibe (b. 1945) | 23 November 1993 | 20 March 1995 | Abacha (Federal Executive Council) |
| 16 | Tom Ikimi (b. 1944) | 20 March 1995 | 8 June 1998 | Abacha (Federal Executive Council) |
| 17 | Ignatius Olisemeka (b. 1932) | 20 August 1998 | June 1999 | Abubakar (Federal Executive Council) |
| Fourth Republic ||||||
| 18 | Sule Lamido (b. 1948) | 30 June 1999 | May 2003 | Obasanjo (I) |
| 19 | Oluyemi Adeniji (1934–2017) | 8 July 2003 | June 2006 | Obasanjo (II) |
| 20 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (b. 1954) | 21 June 2006 | 4 August 2006 (resigned) | Obasanjo (II) |
| 21 | Joy Ogwu (b. 1946) | 30 August 2006 | 29 May 2007 | Obasanjo (II) |
| 22 | Ojo Maduekwe (1945–2016) | 26 July 2007 | 17 March 2010 | Yar'Adua (I) |
| 23 | Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (b. 1954) | 17 March 2010 (supervising) | April 2010 | Jonathan (I) |
| 24 | Henry Odein Ajumogobia (b. 1956) | 5 April 2010 | 9 July 2011 | Jonathan (II) |
| 25 | Olugbenga Ashiru (1948–2014) | 11 July 2011 | 11 September 2013 | Jonathan (II) |
| 26 | Viola Onwuliri (b. 1956) | 11 September 2013 | March 2014 | Jonathan (II) |
| 27 | Aminu Bashir Wali (b. 1941) | 5 March 2014 | 29 May 2015 | Jonathan (II) |
| 28 | Geoffrey Onyeama (b. 1956) | 11 November 2015 | 29 May 2023 | Buhari (I • II) |
| 29 | Yusuf Tuggar (b. 1967) | 21 August 2023 | Incumbent | Tinubu (I) |