Ike Nwachukwu
| Ike Omar Sanda Nwachukwu | |
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| Senator Imo North | |
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In office May 1999 – May 2003 |
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| Succeeded by | Uche Chukwumerije |
| Foreign Minister of Nigeria | |
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In office September 1990 – January 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Rilwan Lukman |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Mbu |
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In office December 1987 – December 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Bolaji Akinyemi |
| Succeeded by | Rilwan Lukman |
| General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army | |
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In office January 1990 – September 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Maj Gen M.S. Sami |
| Succeeded by | Maj Gen A.A. Abubakar |
| Governor of Imo State | |
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In office January 1984 – August 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Mbakwe |
| Succeeded by | Allison Madueke |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 1, 1941 Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Nigerian Army |
| Rank | Major General |
Ike Omar Sanda Nwachukwu mni (born September 1, 1940) is a retired Army officer and Nigerian politician who, among other positions, has served as Foreign Minister of Nigeria twice and as a Senator in the National Assembly delegation from Abia State.
Born on September 1, 1941 in Port Harcourt to an Igbo father and a Fulani mother of Katsina, Nwachukwu had his early education at the Ladi-Lak Institute, Yaba, Lagos, and Lagos City College, also in Yaba, Lagos. He obtained military training at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, at the Royal Canadian School of Infantry, and at the School of Infantry, Warminster, United Kingdom. He also studied at the Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy, the United Nations Peace Academy, and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Plateau State. Ike Nwachukwu rose to the rank of major general prior to his retirement with the Nigerian Army.
Nwachukwu held the position of Military Governor of Imo State, where he moved Imo State University (now Abia State University) in Uturu to its permanent site. From 1986 to 1987 he was Minister for Employment, Labour and Productivity, where he founded the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to alleviate the problems of unemployment, especially graduate unemployment.
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