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Revision as of 00:31, 18 August 2010
Olubanke King Akerele | |
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 Akerele at the African Union Summit in 2008 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | George Wallace |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 2006–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11, 1946 |
| Nationality | Liberian  |
Olubanke King Akerele (born May 11, 1946) is a Liberian politician and diplomat. In October 2007, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, Akerele was sworn in as the foreign minister by the President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. She replaced veteran diplomat George Wallace.
Akerele previously served in Sirleaf's cabinet as Minister of Commerce and Industry. Prior to that, she spent a twenty year career with the United Nations. She is the granddaughter of Liberia's 16th president, Charles Dunbar Burgess King.
Education
Akerele studied at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and graduated from Brandeis University in Massachusetts, United States with a B.A. in economics. She earned her first M.A. from Northeastern University in manpower economics, then a second M.A. from Columbia University in economics of education. Akerele also completed her first year at the University of Liberia Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law.
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