Jaja Wachuku

Jaja Anucha Wachuku ( born January 1, 1918 in Nbawsi, (now Abia ); † November 7, 1996 in Enugu, Enugu State ) was a Nigerian politician.

Life

Wachuku, son of the chief of the Ngwa Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku, his political career began when he first 1951 elected member of the Assembly of the former Eastern Region and in 1952 a member of the Federal House of Representatives was. In 1959, he was Chairman of the United Nations Schlichtungssausschusses the future of the Belgian colony of Congo and the French colony of Middle Congo for some time.

After Nigeria was released on 1 October 1960 in the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, he took over the office of Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives and thus the President of Parliament.

Shortly afterwards, however, he was appointed by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister for Economic Development Minister in the Cabinet. After 1961 Permanent Representative of Nigeria, he was then briefly at the United Nations in New York City, In 1961 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Relations with the Commonwealth of Nations and retained this office until 1965. After the overthrow and assassination of Sylvanus Olympio, the first president Togo, on 13 January 1963, the state of emergency in Togo consequence and intense diplomatic reactions of neighboring countries triggered, which should prevent a military escalation and annexation of Togo, Wachuku was in his capacity as Nigeria's Foreign Minister for a thorough investigation into the death and oracle already, the deed had been organized and financed from abroad. Therefore, he convened eleven days after the assassination of the Conference of the Monrovia States. The three days of deliberations, the representatives of the rebels ( Togolese revolutionary government ) and the followers of the assassinated President were loaded. After a further reshuffle he was most recently 1965-1966 aviation minister in the government Balewa.

Between October 1979 and October 1983, he was a member of the Senate and represented in this the interests of Aba.

Until shortly before his death he dealt passionately with the politics of Nigeria and resulted in an interview in May 1996 with the news and press agency News Agency of Nigeria that ' hypocrisy, opportunism and cowardice " (, hypocrisy, opportunism, and cowardice ' ) the "three diseases " (, three diseases ') were plaguing Nigeria. He sat down for the free market economy as the foundation for the country's politics.

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