Deinde fernandez and ogboni fraternity
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Nigerian Billionaire Antonio Deinde Fernandez is Dead
Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez, Nigerian billionaire and gemstone tycoon passes on at age 79.
He passed away on Tuesday 1st September 2015 in Belgium. His friend, CEO of Ovation Magazine Dele Momodu, as well as his daughter, Abimbola Fernadez made the announcement via social media.
Fernadez with daughter Abimbola
Fernadez, born in 1936, was one of Africa’s richest men, with a reported networth of $8.7 billion. He owned diamond and gold mines in the Central African Republic (CAR), and was Permanent Representative of CAR to the United Nations.
Tributes on Social Media
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Life And Times Of Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez
AMBASSADOR Anthonio Oladeinde Fernandez was described in various terms by various people the world over as an international wheeler-dealer; a diplomat extraordinary with the financial status of a billionaire; an industrialist at large; a pragmatic international negotiator and peace maker, among other descriptions.
He was born into the Fernandez family in Lagos in 1936. Although his parents, Mr. Canut Akinwale Fernandez and Mrs. Julia Fernandez were of sufficient means by the standards of those days, Deinde was determined early in life to grow beyond the shadows of his parents.
Deinde’s formal education began at the Holy Cross School, Lagos. Thereafter, he attended CMS Grammar School and St. Gregory’s College, both in Lagos. He, later, proceeded to the United Kingdom and at a tender age in 1954. He was employed as a document officer with the United Nations (UN) in New York.
He was at the Brooklyn College and St. John’s University before rounding it up at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, where he graduated in 1972
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Press Release
BIO/3113
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
19971103 Biographical Note Antonio Deinde Fernandez, the new Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fernandez served as Special Advisor to the President of Mozambique on International Economic Affairs. Between 1992 and 1995, he served as Ambassador-at-Large for Togo.
He began his diplomatic career in 1966, serving as the Consul of the Republic of Dahomey. In 1982, he became the Economic Advisor to the Government of Angola. His work with the United Nations has spanned more than a decade, beginning with his appointment as the Permanent Representative of Mozambique in 1984. In 1992, Mr. Fernandez served concurrently as Ambassador- at-Large for Angola and for Togo.
Mr. Fernandez attended Cambridge University and received a graduate degree in business from Columbia University.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1936, he is married and has two daught
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