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Adebayo Adedeji

1930 - 2018

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Adebayo Adedeji (21 December 1930 – 25 April 2018) was a Nigerian economist and academic. A full-fledged Professor at the age of 36 years, he was Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction from 1971 to 1975. He was responsible for the economic development and reconstruction of post-civil war Nigeria. In June 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and remained in this position until July 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adebayo Adedeji is the 17,027th most popular politician (up from 18,518th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 117th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adebayo Adedeji ranks 17,027 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Hubert Ingraham, Paulo Muwanga, Eduard Nalbandyan, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and Andrii Deshchytsia. After him are Mark Hanna, Alexander Zhukov, Herbert H. Lehman, Bailey Olter, Rui Maria de Araújo, and Kenneth O. Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Adebayo Adedeji ranks 577. Before him are Mike Sparken, Robert Detweiler, Richard A. Falk, Ed Thigpen, Gordon Pinsent, and Ronald Stretton. After him are Nikolai Puchkov, Lynden Pindling, Marie Corridon, Mary Costa, Don Meineke, and Sándor Csoóri. Among people deceased in 2018, Adebayo Adedeji ranks 505. Before him are Jānis Bojārs, Igor Korobov, Danny Kirwan, Rim Banna, Soslan Andiyev, and Matti Kassila. After him are Peter Hill-Wood, Pierre Pincemaille, Arnold Kopelson, Jim Neidhart, Brian Christopher, and Andrzej Fischer.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Adebayo Adedeji ranks 75 out of 309. Before him are Vincent Enyeama (1982), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Victor Boniface (2000), Ben Okri (1959), Peter Rufai (1963), and Momodu Mutairu (1976). After him are Hauwa Ibrahim (1968), Michael Obiku (1968), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), Bennet Omalu (1968), Taye Taiwo (1985), and Fiona Fullerton (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Adebayo Adedeji ranks 21. Before him are Yemi Osinbajo (1957), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Muhammadu Maccido (1928), Ernest Shonekan (1936), and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900). After him are Mohammed Yusuf (1970), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Atiku Abubakar (1946), Namadi Sambo (1954), Peter Obi (1961), and Blessing Oborududu (1989).

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