What is Adebayo Adedeji?
[[File:Adebayo Adedeji (1986).jpg|thumb|Adebayo Adedeji (1930–2018)]] '''Adebayo Adedeji''' (December 21, 1930 in [[Ijebu-Ode]] – April 26, 2018 in [[Lagos]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/266357-adebayo-adedeji-former-uneca-chief-dies-at-87.html|title=Adebayo Adedeji, former UNECA chief, dies at 87|date=26 April 2018|publisher=}}</ref> was a [[Nigerian]] economist and academic. He was Executive Secretary to the [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|Economic Commission for Africa]] from 1975 to 1978, and UN [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations|Under-Secretary-General]] from 1978 until 1991. Adedeji was the founding Executive Director of the [[African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)]] in 1991. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20031007061150/http://www.unhistory.org/iac_res/adedeji.htm The United Nations Intellectual History Project] ''(includes biography and link to CV)'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927064514/http://www.unhistory.org/publications/bios/CV/AdebayoAdedeji_CV.pdf ACDESS 180803] {{DEFAULTSORT:Adedeji, Adebayo}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Nigerian politicians]] [[Category:Nigerian economists]] [[Category:Nigerian academics]] {{bio-stub}}