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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua GCFR ((listen ⓘ); 16 August 1951 [4] – 5 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.
The cabinet replaced that of Yar'Adua's predecessor President Olusegun Obasanjo, and was named in July 2007, two months after Yar'Adua had assumed office. [1] Yar'Adua created a new cabinet position, the Minister of the Niger Delta, as part of his creation of the Niger Delta Ministry. [2]
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010) 29 May 2007: 5 May 2010 [a] (died in office) 2 years, 341 days People's Democratic Party: Yar'Adua: 2007: 14 Dr. Goodluck Jonathan (born 1957) 6 May 2010: 29 May 2015 5 years, 23 days People's Democratic Party: Jonathan I–II: 2011 [15] 15 Muhammadu Buhari (born 1942) 29 May 2015: 29 May 2023 8 years ...
It had been expected that Yar'Adua would appoint Ruma as minister of education, since Ruma had previously served as minister of state for education and was widely believed to be part of the reform process. [8] In May 2008, Ruma denied reports that Nigeria was suffering from a food crisis, saying the only problem was with the rising cost of rice.
Yar'Adua formed his cabinet on 27 July 2007, after the Senate had vetted and approved his nominees. [1] On October 29, 2008 he announced the dismissal of 20 Federal Ministers and Ministers of State. [2] On December 17, 2009, following Senate vetting, he announced replacements for the positions left open.
On 29 May 2007, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 13th head of state completing the first successful transition of power, from one democratically elected president to another in Nigeria. [24] [25] [26] Yar'Adua died on 5 May 2010 at the presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, becoming the ...
Former Nigerian heads of state General Yakubu Gowon, President Shehu Shagari, General Ibrahim Babangida, Interim President Ernest Shonekan and General Abdulsalami Abubakar were in attendance. Former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari who was the ANPP candidate in the election was absent from the ceremony, after he had challenged ...
Yar'Adua ⓘ is a Nigerian male given name and surname of Hausa origin. Notable individual with the name includes: Notable individual with the name includes: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua former president of Nigeria.