Fourth Republic of Nigeria

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period in Nigerian history political era

The Fourth Republic of Nigeria is the current democratic era of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, beginning in 1999 after military rule and characterized by a presidential system and multi-party elections.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Nigerian Republic	6
Fourth Republic of Nigeria canonical	4
2007 Nigerian general election	1
Nigeria’s Fourth Republic	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	period in Nigerian history ⓘ political era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
characterizedBy	civilian control of the military ⓘ regular multi-party general elections ⓘ return to constitutional rule ⓘ
constitution	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
constitutionalSystem	federal system ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
currency	Nigerian naira ⓘ
deputyExecutiveHeadTitle	Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
electoralBody	Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
endTime	ongoing ⓘ
executiveHeadTitle	President of Nigeria ⓘ
firstPresident	Obasanjo ⓘ surface form: Olusegun Obasanjo
firstRulingParty	People's Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: People’s Democratic Party
firstVicePresident	Atiku Abubakar ⓘ
governmentForm	presidential republic ⓘ
governmentSystem	presidential system ⓘ
hasCapital	Abuja ⓘ
hasEvent	1999 Nigerian general election ⓘ 2003 Nigerian general election ⓘ 2007 Nigerian general election ⓘ 2011 Nigerian general election ⓘ 2015 Nigerian general election ⓘ 2019 Nigerian general election ⓘ 2023 Nigerian general election ⓘ
includesAdministrativeDivisionType	federal capital territory ⓘ state of Nigeria ⓘ
judicialBranch	Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
legislativeChamber	House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
legislature	National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
majorPoliticalParty	Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ All Nigeria Peoples Party ⓘ All Progressives Congress ⓘ Labour Party (Nigeria) ⓘ People's Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: People’s Democratic Party
notableFeature	first democratic transfer of presidential power between parties in 2015 ⓘ
numberOfStatesAtStart	36 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
officialName	Fourth Republic of Nigeria self-link ⓘ
politicalSystem	multi-party system ⓘ
precededBy	Nigerian military regime (1983–1993) ⓘ surface form: Nigerian Third Republic Nigerian military regime of Abdulsalami Abubakar ⓘ Sani Abacha military government ⓘ surface form: Nigerian military regime of Sani Abacha
sovereignState	Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
startEvent	transition from military rule to civilian rule ⓘ
startTime	1999-05-29 ⓘ
subregion	West Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Standing Orders of the Senate → usedSince → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

House of Representatives of Nigeria → establishedInPeriod → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

Action Congress of Nigeria → contestedElection → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2007 Nigerian general election

Jagaban → politicalContext → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

Fourth Republic of Nigeria → officialName → Fourth Republic of Nigeria self-link ⓘ

Fourth Republic of Nigeria → alsoKnownAs → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Justice Party → operatedIn → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ