Second Republic of Nigeria

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civilian government historical period political era

The Second Republic of Nigeria was the period of civilian democratic rule from 1979 to 1983, marked by a presidential system modeled on that of the United States and ended by a military coup.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nigerian Second Republic 1
Second Republic of Nigeria canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civilian government ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
broughtToPowerBy 1979 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
surface form: 1979 Nigerian general election
capital Lagos ⓘ
characterizedBy civilian democratic rule ⓘ
federal system of government ⓘ
party politics ⓘ
commonLanguage English ⓘ
constitutionalDocument 1979 Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType states ⓘ
coupLeader Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ
dominantParty National Party of Nigeria ⓘ
economicContext oil boom and subsequent downturn ⓘ
endDate 1983-12-31 ⓘ
endedBy 1983 Nigerian military coup d'état ⓘ
firstPresident Shehu Shagari ⓘ
firstPresidentialElection 1979 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
followedBy Nigerian military regime (1983–1993) ⓘ
governmentType presidential republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
historicalPhaseOf Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
inspiredBy United States presidential system ⓘ
lastPresident Shehu Shagari ⓘ
legislativeStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
majorOppositionParty Great Nigeria People's Party ⓘ
Nigerian Peoples Party ⓘ
People's Redemption Party ⓘ
Unity Party of Nigeria ⓘ
numberOfStatesAtStart 19 ⓘ
politicalPartySystem multi-party system ⓘ
politicalSystem presidential system ⓘ
precededBy Federal Military Government of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian military regime (1966–1979)
reasonForEnd military coup ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
restoredOffice National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
President of Nigeria ⓘ
Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
secondPresidentialElection 1983 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
sovereignState Nigeria ⓘ
startDate 1979-10-01 ⓘ
timeInOfficeOfShehuShagari 1979–1983 ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Nigeria ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Nigeria → predecessor → Second Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Bola Ige → participantIn → Second Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian Second Republic