Nigerian Diplomat and Billionaire businessman, Chief Antonio Deinde Fernandez, has passed away at the age of 79.
The news of his death was broken on Twitter Tuesday by Ovation magazine publisher, Chief Dele Momodu.
“Nigeria, and indeed Africa, has just lost one of its greatest sons; AMBASSADOR CHIEF ANTONIO DEHINDE FERNANDEZ is gone!” Dele Momodu tweeted.
Fernandez was said to have died in Belgium.
Chief Deinde Fernandez was Born in 1936, the business magnate, diplomat and Permanent Representative of Central African Republic to the United Nations, he is in the list of Africa’s richest men.
He was born in Lagos into the Fernandez family that originated from Brazil and the first European migrant to Lagos State, he has been in diplomacy since 1996. In 1982, he served as advisor to the Angolan Government on economic matters.
He held this position for two years until his appointment as Deputy Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations in 1984.
