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Olúṣẹ́gun Matthew Dani Okikiọla Àrẹ̀mú Ọbásanjọ́ Milliasa è un generale e politico nigeriano, Presidente del Governo Militare Federale della Nigeria dal 1976 al 1979 e Presidente dal 1999 al 2007.
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo GCFR (/ oʊ ˈ b ɑː s ən dʒ oʊ / ⓘ oh-BAH-sən-joh; Yoruba: Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ [olúʃɛ́ɡũ ɔbásanɟɔ] ⓘ; born c. 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from ...
8 apr 2022 · Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president and a pan Africanist extraordinaire, turned 85 on 5 March 2022. Obasanjo was Nigeria’s military head of state between 1976 and 1979 and two-time...
25 apr 2024 · Olusegun Obasanjo (born March 5, 1937, Abeokuta, Nigeria) is a Nigerian general, statesman, and diplomat, who was the first military ruler in Africa to hand over power to a civilian government. He served as Nigeria’s military ruler (1976–79) and, as a civilian, as president (1999–2007).
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Nigerian; Military ruler 1976–9, President 1999–2007 Obasanjo, a Christian from the Yoruba-speaking south-west of Nigeria, joined the Nigerian army in 1958, undergoing officer training in England. In 1970 he accepted the surrender of Biafran rebel troops at the end of the country's civil war.
News about Olusegun Obasanjo, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
4 ago 2021 · Obasanjo is arguably the most prominent of Nigeria’s ‘civil soldiers’—ex-military men who, by virtue of the wealth, influence, and power they gained over decades of military rule, went on to occupy important political positions within democratic Nigeria.
