Patrick Dele-Cole (born 1940) is a Nigerian politician, journalist, historian, and diplomat who in 1976 became the managing director of the ''

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''. He was also a presidential candidate of the

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in the early 1990s, and was Nigeria's ambassador to Argentina and

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. He is author of the book ''Modern Traditional Elites in the Politics of Lagos''.

Life

He attended the

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, New Zealand, where he earned a first class honours degree. He also studied at

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. As a managing director of the ''Daily Times'' in 1976 he restored the paper's former influence to become one of Africa's largest at that time, and brought in influential journalists, including

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and Dr. Stanley Macebuh.

References

Living people Date of birth missing (living people) 1940 births University of Otago alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Nigerian diplomats Nigerian historians Historians of Nigeria {{Nigeria-bio-stub