Mansur Abdulkareem
Ambassador
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Amb. Mansur Guissimi Abdulkarim (MLLA) PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 07/03/1965
Sex: Male
Nationality: Nigerian
State of Origin: Taraba
L.G.A.: Sardauna
Town: Dorofi
Marital Status: Married
Telephone: 09069638864
E-mail Address: mgabdulkarim@hotmail.com
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish Fulfulde, Hausa, and Arabic
SCHOOLS/ ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Dorofi/NuruI-UIum Primary        School, Gembu, Taraba State (1978) — First Leaving Certificate;
- Government Secondary School Michika, Adamawa State (1983) – WAEC/GCE;
- University of Maiduguri, Borno State (1987) — Diploma, Language —Education (Credit);
- University of Maiduguri, Borno State (1990) – BSC. French Hons (Second Class Hon.),
- Foreign Service Academy Lagos, Lagos State (1994) – Foreign Service Diploma.
VARIOUS INSERVICE TRAININGS RECEIVED
- Foreign Service Academy (FSA) Lagos, 1993 — 1994;
- French/Arabic Language Training, University of Bourguiba, Tunis, Tunisia, 2012 – 2013 and
- Training in ICT (Integrating Cyber World Driving Digital Future) 2018 – 2019, Beijing, China.
CARRIER PROGRESSION
- Third Secretary/Foreign Service Academy, Lagos 1994 — 1995;
- Third Secretary/Presidential Lounge, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos 1995 – 1998;
- Second Secretary/Head of Chancery, Nigerian Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, 1998 — 2000;
- Second Secretary/West African Affairs Division (WAAD), MFA, 2000 – 2003;
- Counsellor/Nigerian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003 — 2007;
- Senior Counsellor/Postings and Passages Division (Admin. Dept.), MFA 2007 – 2008;
- Minister/CounseIlor/Discipline Division (Admin. Dept.), MFA 2008 – 2010;
- Minister Counsellor/Head of Chancery, Nigerian Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia 2010 – 2014;
- Asst. Director/Postings and Passages Division (Admin. Dept.), MFA 2014 – 2015;
- Director/Head, Presidential Lounge, Airport Protocol, Nnamdi Azikiwa International Airport Abuja, 2014 — 2015;
- Deputy Director/Charge d’ Affaires a.i., Nigerian Embassy, Banjul, The Gambia 2016 – 2018;
- Deputy Director/Ag. Director (Legal and Treaties Division), MFA 2018 – 2019;
- Deputy Director/ Ag. Director Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Division 2019 – Feb., 2021
- Consul-General, Nigerian Consulate-General, Jeddah, KSA March, 2021 – till date.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
- I represented the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Sierra – Leonean Historic Election that took place in 2001 as one of the International Observers during which Tijjan Kaba emerged President;
- I headed the Disciplinary Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in (2008 — 2010) and disposed off of (15) disciplinary cases;
- Head of Chancery and Consular Officer combined in Nigerian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005 — 2007);
- Assistant Director Posting and Passages (2014 – 2016);
- Head/Presidential Lounge, Probcol at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja 2015 – 2016
- Charge d’ Affairs a.i. in Nigerian Embassy Banjul, The Gambia 2016 – 2018;
- Acting Director, Legal and Treaties Division 2018 — 2019
- I am presently I am Ag. Director Information, Communication and Technology Division (ICTD).
HOBBIES
Football, Travelling, Animals rearing; , Participate in outdoor activities.