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Chief
BALOGUN,
Kolawole
LL.B, MPA, Ph.D, lawyer, diplomat, politician, born April 11, 1922, Oshogbo. Oyo State; married, has children; Education: Government College. Ibadan, University College, London (External Student) 1948-51; called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn. London, 1951; worked as a Radio Announcer and later, Editor, West African Pilot; elected member, Western House of Assembly, Ibadan, 1953-54; member, House of Representatives, Lagos, 1954-58; appointed Minister without Portfolio. 1954; acting Federal Minister of Labour and Welfare, 1955; Federal Minister of Information and Research. 1956-58; appointed Nigerian High Commis sioner to Ghana. 1960-61; appointed Chair man. Nigerian National Snipping Line. 1962-65; Commissioner. Economics Planning and Social Development, defunct Western Nigeria. 1967; Commissioner for Education, defunct Western State, 1968-70; Chairman, Sketch Publishing Company Limited, Ibadan. 1971-73; engaged in private legal practice, since 1957; Political Parties: Secre tary/Member, National Council of Nigerian and Cameroons (later National Council of Nigerian Citizens), London Branch, 1951; Na tional Secretary, NCNC, 1951-58; member. National Party of Nigeria (NPN); Publi cations: Mission to Ghana (New York, Vintage Press, 1963); Government in Old Oyo Empire, (Ibadan, Africanus Publishers, 1985); Hob bies: reading, writing; Official Address: 18A Oladipo Oluwolc Road, GRA, Apapa, Lagos.
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Diplomat , Politician , Legal Practitioner
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