{"id":8229,"date":"2017-01-17T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8229"},"modified":"2017-10-27T12:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T11:27:41","slug":"fabunmi-amb-dr-lawrence-apalara","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/fabunmi-amb-dr-lawrence-apalara\/","title":{"rendered":"FABUNMI, Amb. (Dr) Lawrence Apalara"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, Ph.D; administrator, b: December 12, 1925; married, has three children; ed: St. Peter&#8217;s School, Lagos, 1935-38; Christ Church Cathedral School, Lagos, 1939- 40; Boy&#8217;s High School, Ondo, 1940-44; Hope College, Holland Michigan, USA, 1952; London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 1957; cr: Education Department, Headquarters (Administration) Civil Services of Nigeria, Lagos, 1945-48; Research asst, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1958; asst. sec, Prime Minister&#8217;s Office (External Affairs), Federal Government of Nigeria; 1958-61; Part Time Lecturer, International Affairs (Extra Moral Studies Department), University College of Ibadan, 1958-61; ag. snr. asst. sec, Head of International Division, (Ministry of External Affairs), Federal Government of Nigeria, February 1961; United Nations Sec. First Political Affairs Officer (P4) 1961-63; First dg. Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, 1963-71; Head, Policy Planning Unit, dir. International Organisations Department and dir. America Depart-ment, Headquarters, Ministry of External Affairs, 1972-73; dir. Consular andLegal Affairs Department, Ministry of External Affairs, 1976-79; Nigerian High Commissioner to Zambia, 1973-76; Ambas-sador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Representative of Poland, with Concurrent Accreditation to Hungry andCzechoslovakia, 1979-82; Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Turkey, 1982-84; mm: Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, 1953; snr. Civil Service Association of Nigeria; The Contemporary Society of Nigeria Society; Athletic Club; London University Cross-Country Team (Athletics); Executive mem. United Nations Association of Nigeria, 1966; presd. Nigeria Chapter of Society for International Development; Governing Council, University of Maiduguri, 1990-92; Special Committee on Nigerian Coastal Erosion (SCONCE), since 1994; Family United, since 1992; ch. Administrative Advisory Board of Law, Women and Development Centre Lagos, since 1998; ch. Board of Trustees Victoria Island and Ikoyi Residents Association, since 1993; ; presd.1993-95; publ: 77ie Sudan in Anglo-Egyptian Relations, Published by Longman&#8217;s Green and Co. London, 1960; sc: Philosophy Club; Arcadian Fraternity; International Relations Club; sec. General, Nigerian Union of Great Britain and Ireland; presd. African Society, London School of Economics and Political Science; hob: travelling and sports; off: 26, Festival Road, Victoria Island, Lagos; tel: 01-614070.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2398],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8229","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-diplomat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8229"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}