Murtala Muhammed

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Nigerian military ruler head of state human military officer

Murtala Muhammed was a Nigerian military general and the country’s Head of State from 1975 until his assassination in 1976, remembered for his anti-corruption stance and efforts to reform government.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Murtala Muhammed canonical 2
Murtala Ramat Muhammed 2
General Murtala Muhammed 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian military ruler ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance Nigeria ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup d'état ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
commemoratedBy Murtala Muhammed International Airport ⓘ
Murtala Muhammed Square, Kaduna ⓘ
Nigerian currency note portrait ⓘ
conflict Biafran secession ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Civil War
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-02-13 ⓘ
education Government College Zaria ⓘ
Nigerian Military Training College ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
endTime 1976-02-13 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hausa people ⓘ
surface form: Hausa
familyName Mohammad ⓘ
surface form: Muhammed
fullName Murtala Muhammed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murtala Ramat Muhammed
givenName Murtala Muhammed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murtala
headOfGovernmentOf Nigeria ⓘ
honorificTitle Murtala Muhammed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: General Murtala Muhammed
ideology military nationalism ⓘ
killedIn 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt ⓘ
knownFor anti-corruption stance ⓘ
civil service reforms ⓘ
public sector restructuring in Nigeria ⓘ
support for decolonization in Africa ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
militaryBranch Nigerian Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
nationality Nigerian ⓘ
notableWork 1975 purge of corrupt officials in Nigeria ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kano ⓘ
Kano State ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate
placeOfDeath Lagos ⓘ
Lagos State ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
positionHeld Federal Commissioner for Communications of Nigeria ⓘ
Head of State of Nigeria ⓘ
predecessor Yakubu Gowon ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
spouse Ajoke Muhammed ⓘ
startTime 1975-07-30 ⓘ
successor Obasanjo ⓘ
surface form: Olusegun Obasanjo

Referenced by (8)

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

Murtala Muhammed International Airport → namedAfter → Murtala Muhammed ⓘ
Murtala Muhammed International Airport → renamedInHonorOf → Murtala Muhammed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murtala Ramat Muhammed
Imo State → createdBy → Murtala Muhammed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murtala Mohammed military government
Murtala Muhammed → fullName → Murtala Muhammed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murtala Ramat Muhammed
Murtala Muhammed → givenName → Murtala Muhammed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murtala
Murtala Muhammed → honorificTitle → Murtala Muhammed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Murtala Muhammed
DNMM → namedAfter → Murtala Muhammed ⓘ
subject surface form: Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Yakubu Gowon → wasOverthrownBy → Murtala Muhammed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murtala Mohammed