Yusuf Tuggar

The Honourable Yusuf Tuggar OON
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 2023
President	Bola Tinubu
Preceded by	Geoffrey Onyeama
Nigerian Ambassador to Germany
In office September 2017 – 21 August 2023
President	Muhammadu Buhari Bola Tinubu
Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Bauchi
In office 5 June 2007 – 6 June 2011
Preceded by	Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif
Succeeded by	Ahmed Gololo
Constituency	Gamawa
Personal details
Born	(1967-03-12) 12 March 1967 (age 57) North-Eastern State, Nigeria
Political party	All Progressives Congress (2013–present)
Other political affiliations	All Nigeria Peoples Party (until 2011) Congress for Progressive Change (2011–2013)
Parent	Abubakar Tuggar (father)
Alma mater	United States International University University of Bath University of Cambridge
Occupation	Politician diplomat

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar OON (born 12 March 1967) is a Nigerian diplomat and politician who is the current Nigerian minister of foreign affairs.^[1] He served as the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany from 2017 to 2023.^[2] He was previously a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 representing Gamawa; and he ran twice for the office of the governor of Bauchi State.^[3]