George Obiozor
Encyclopedia
George Obiozor was a Nigerian professor and diplomat. He was the current Nigerian Ambassador to the United States
.
He studied at the Institute of African Studies
, and Albert Schweitzer College.
He graduated from the University of Puget Sound
in 1969, and from Columbia University
with a Ph.D. in International Affairs.
He was the high commissioner to Cyprus
.
He was the Nigerian ambassador to Israel, from 1999 to 2003.
He was the Nigerian ambassador to the United States, from 2004 to 2008.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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He studied at the Institute of African Studies
Institute of African Studies
The Institute of African Studies on the campus of the University of Ghana at Legon is an interdisciplinary research institute in the humanities and social sciences. It was established by President Kwame Nkrumah in 1962 to encourage African studies....
, and Albert Schweitzer College.
He graduated from the University of Puget Sound
University of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound is a private liberal arts college located in the North End of Tacoma, Washington, in the United States...
in 1969, and from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
with a Ph.D. in International Affairs.
Career
He was director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.He was the high commissioner to Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
.
He was the Nigerian ambassador to Israel, from 1999 to 2003.
He was the Nigerian ambassador to the United States, from 2004 to 2008.
Works
- Uneasy Friendships: Nigeria-United States Relations, Fourth Dimension Pub. Co., 1992, ISBN 9789781563188
- The politics of precarious balancing: an analysis of contending issues in Nigerian domestic and foreign policy, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 1994, ISBN 9789780020262
Quotes
- "Politics is a concentric series of conspiracies in which the last party to conspire emerges victorious"