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Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. He was the military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, succeeding Shehu Shagari following the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état.
Muhammadu Buhari's tenure as the 15th president of Nigeria began with his first inauguration on 29 May 2015, and ended on 29 May 2023. A retired general and member of the All Progressives Congress from Katsina State, he previously served as military head-of-state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, when he was deposed in a military coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida.
Muhammadu Buhari giving talk before Working Lunch with Secretary Kerry Muhammadu Buhari at the house of Ali Khameni in Tehran. Muhammadu Buhari became President following the 2015 Nigerian general election. The following is a list of international presidential trips made by Muhammadu Buhari as the 15th President of Nigeria.
Resting place: Imam Bukhari Mosque near Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Era: Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era)Region: Abbasid Caliphate: Main interest(s) Hadith, Aqidah: Notable work(s) Sahih al-Bukhari
As the supreme leader and commander of the regime, Buhari significantly derived charismatic authority. The revisionist 1985 Nigerian coup d'état was the antithesis of Buharism; his Chief of Army Staff and successor General Ibrahim Babangida opposed the heavy-handedness of Buhari's social campaign and the economic dirigisme policies.
Five heads of state were deposed in a military coup (Nnamdi Azikiwe, Yakubu Gowon, Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari and Ernest Shonekan). Four heads of state died in office, two were assassinated during a military coup (Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi [ 6 ] and Murtala Muhammed), [ 7 ] while two died of natural causes ( Sani Abacha and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ...
The First Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari consists of the ministers appointed in the Buhari Administration to take responsibility for each of the government ministries of Nigeria following the 2015 elections. Most ministers were sworn in on 11 November 2015 and the cabinet was dissolved on 28 May 2019, the day before Buhari's second ...
The first inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as the 15th president of Nigeria, and 4th president in the fourth Nigerian Republic took place on Friday, 29 May 2015, marking the start of the first four-year term of Muhammadu Buhari as president and Yemi Osinbajo as vice president. It was the 7th presidential inauguration in Nigeria, and 5th in the ...