Adebayo Adedeji (born December 21 1930 in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria) was United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa until 1991.

Other credentials:

• Federal Commissioner (Minister) for Economic Development and Reconstruction in Nigeria (1971-1975)
• Professor of public administration and Director of the Institute of Administration at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University , Ife-Ife , Nigeria).

His publications include:

• Nigerian Administration and its Political Setting
• Nigerian Federal Finance
• Developing Research on African Administration
• Africa, the Third World and the Search for a New Economic Order
• Economic Crisis in Africa – African Perspectives in Development Problems and Potentials
• South Africa & Africa, Within or Apart?
• Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: The Search for Sustainable Peace and Good Governance.

External link

• The United Nations Intellectual History Project