Muhammadu Buhari

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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

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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

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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