Muhammadu Buhari

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President of Nigeria head of state human politician soldier

Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian politician and retired major general who served as the President of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.

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Buhari 1
Safinatu Buhari 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Nigeria ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
allegiance Nigeria ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup d'état ⓘ
countryOfBirth Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-12-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Defence Services Staff College, Wellington ⓘ
Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot ⓘ
Nigerian Military Training College ⓘ
United States Army War College ⓘ
electedIn 2015 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
endTime 2023-05-29 ⓘ
endTimeAsHeadOfState 1985-08-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people
familyName Muhammadu Buhari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buhari
fieldOfWork anti-corruption policy ⓘ
governance ⓘ
givenName Muhammadu ⓘ
headOfGovernment Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
honorificPrefix Major General (retired) ⓘ
President ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty All Nigeria Peoples Party ⓘ
All Progressives Congress ⓘ
Congress for Progressive Change ⓘ
People's Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Nigerian Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
nativeLanguage Fulfulde ⓘ
notableFor leading Nigeria's Fourth Republic government from 2015 to 2023 ⓘ
notableWork War Against Indiscipline campaign ⓘ
numberOfChildren 10 ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
overthrownBy Ibrahim Babangida ⓘ
placeOfBirth Daura ⓘ
Katsina State ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States ⓘ
Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund ⓘ
Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and Natural Resources of Nigeria ⓘ
Governor of North-Eastern State ⓘ
President of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Head of State of Nigeria

President of Nigeria ⓘ
precededBy Goodluck Jonathan ⓘ
ranForOffice 2003 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
2007 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
2011 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
reElectedIn 2019 Nigerian presidential election ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
residence Aso Rock Presidential Villa ⓘ
Daura ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Aisha Buhari ⓘ
Muhammadu Buhari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Safinatu Buhari
startTime 2015-05-29 ⓘ
startTimeAsHeadOfState 1983-12-31 ⓘ
succeededBy Bola Tinubu ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Muhammadu Buhari → familyName → Muhammadu Buhari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buhari
Boko Haram insurgency → hasParticipant → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ
Bola Tinubu → predecessor → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ
Moshood Abiola National Stadium → renamedBy → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ
Muhammadu Buhari → spouse → Muhammadu Buhari self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safinatu Buhari