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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Muhammadu Buhari canonical	29
Buhari	2
Muhammadu Buhari administration in Nigeria	1
Muhammadu Buhari – All Nigeria Peoples Party	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 (34)

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

Bola Tinubu → predecessor → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Forbes Africa Person of the Year → notableRecipient → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

9th National Assembly (2019–2023) → headOfStateDuringTerm → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Boko Haram insurgency → hasParticipant → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Moshood Abiola National Stadium → renamedBy → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

All Progressives Congress → hasNotableMember → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

All Progressives Congress → producedPresidentOfNigeria → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Muhammadu Buhari → familyName → Muhammadu Buhari self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari → spouse → Muhammadu Buhari self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Safinatu Buhari

Second Republic of Nigeria → coupLeader → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Goodluck Jonathan administration in Nigeria → followedBy → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammadu Buhari administration in Nigeria

Goodluck Jonathan → succeededBy → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

APC → producedPresident → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

subject surface form: All Progressives Congress

2003 Nigerian general election → mainPresidentialCandidate → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

2003 Nigerian general election → presidentialCandidateParty → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammadu Buhari – All Nigeria Peoples Party

2003 Nigerian general election → presidentialRunnerUp → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Muhammadu → notableBearer → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Daura → hometownOf → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Daura → hasNotablePerson → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Aisha Buhari → familyName → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buhari

Aisha Buhari → spouse → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Aisha Buhari → notableRelative → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Congress for Progressive Change → leader → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Congress for Progressive Change → founder → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Congress for Progressive Change → notableMember → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Congress for Progressive Change → presidentialCandidateIn2011 → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

All Nigeria Peoples Party → notablePresidentialCandidate → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

2011 Nigerian presidential election → defeatedCandidate → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

2011 Nigerian presidential election → mainOppositionCandidate → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

2011 Nigerian presidential election → notableCandidate → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Ibrahim Babangida → coupAgainst → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Ibrahim Babangida → precededBy → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Yemi Osinbajo → servedUnder → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ

Yemi Osinbajo → appointedBy → Muhammadu Buhari ⓘ