Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who served as the country's president from 2007 until his death in 2010.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
human
politician
president
birthDate 1951-08-16
birthPlace Katsina NERFINISHED
Katsina State NERFINISHED
Northern Region, British Nigeria NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart-related illness
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria
deathDate 2010-05-05
deathPlace Abuja NERFINISHED
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria NERFINISHED
educatedAt Ahmadu Bello University NERFINISHED
Barewa College NERFINISHED
election 2007 Nigerian presidential election
ethnicGroup Hausa
familyName Yar'Adua NERFINISHED
father Musa Yar'Adua NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy Chemistry
Education
fullName Umaru Musa Yar'Adua NERFINISHED
givenName Umaru NERFINISHED
governedTerritory Katsina State NERFINISHED
governorEndTime 2007-05-29 GENERATED
governorStartTime 1999-05-29 GENERATED
honorificPrefix Alhaji
inaugurationDate 2007-05-29
knownFor Seven-Point Agenda NERFINISHED
amnesty program for Niger Delta militants
electoral reform initiatives
memberOfPoliticalParty People's Democratic Party NERFINISHED
militaryRank Lieutenant
militaryService Nigerian Army NERFINISHED
notableWork implementation of Niger Delta amnesty program
numberOfChildren 7
officeEndTime 2010-05-05
officeStartTime 2007-05-29
positionHeld Governor of Katsina State
President of Nigeria NERFINISHED
precededBy Olusegun Obasanjo NERFINISHED
religion Islam
residence Aso Rock Presidential Villa NERFINISHED
sibling Shehu Musa Yar'Adua NERFINISHED
signature Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signature
spouse Turai Umaru Yar'Adua NERFINISHED
succeededBy Goodluck Jonathan NERFINISHED
vicePresident Goodluck Jonathan NERFINISHED

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Goodluck Jonathan precededBy Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
People's Democratic Party producedPresident Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Peoples Democratic Party producedPresident Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Goodluck Jonathan vicePresidentUnder Umaru Musa Yar'Adua