Shehu Shagari

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Shehu Shagari was a Nigerian teacher-turned-politician who served as the country’s first executive president during the Second Republic from 1979 until his overthrow in a 1983 military coup.

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Shehu Shagari canonical 2
Shehu Shagari Way 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian politician
President of Nigeria
human
teacher
burialPlace Shagari, Sokoto State, Nigeria NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria
coupLeader Muhammadu Buhari NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1925-02-25
dateOfDeath 2018-12-28
education Sokoto Middle School NERFINISHED
Teachers Training College, Zaria NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Fulani people NERFINISHED
event overthrown in a military coup in December 1983
familyName Shagari NERFINISHED
givenName Shehu NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentOf Federal Republic of Nigeria NERFINISHED
headOfStateOf Federal Republic of Nigeria NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Alhaji
influencedBy Northern Nigerian political elite NERFINISHED
knownFor being the first executive president of Nigeria
leading Nigeria’s Second Republic
memberOf Constituent Assembly of Nigeria NERFINISHED
name Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren many
occupation politician
teacher
officeEnd 1983-12-31
officeStart 1979-10-01
placeOfBirth Shagari, Sokoto Province, British Nigeria NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Abuja, Nigeria NERFINISHED
politicalParty National Party of Nigeria NERFINISHED
Northern People’s Congress NERFINISHED
positionHeld Federal Commissioner for Economic Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction NERFINISHED
Federal Commissioner for Finance NERFINISHED
Member of the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria
Minister of Economic Development of Nigeria NERFINISHED
Minister of Internal Affairs of Nigeria
Minister of Works of Nigeria NERFINISHED
President of Nigeria NERFINISHED
predecessor Olusegun Obasanjo NERFINISHED
religion Islam
residence Sokoto State, Nigeria NERFINISHED
signature Shehu Shagari’s signature NERFINISHED
spouse Hadiza Shagari NERFINISHED
successor Muhammadu Buhari NERFINISHED
term Second Nigerian Republic NERFINISHED
workedAs school teacher in Sokoto Province

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Three Arms Zone, Abuja roadAccess Shehu Shagari
this entity surface form: Shehu Shagari Way