Ruler · 1942 – 2025

Muhammadu Buhari

Lived 1942 – 2025; politician, military officer, military personnel. President of Nigeria (Nigeria), 1983 – 1985 and 1 more term.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1942 – 2025; 83 years
In office: 10 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Nigeria
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Nigeria

Nigeria · the 7th and 15th of 16 dated reigns · 1963 – 2023

3 before

Murtala Muhammed1975 – 1976

Olusegun Obasanjo1976 – 1979

Shehu Shagari1979 – 1983

Muhammadu Buhari1983 – 1985

Ibrahim Babangida1985 – 1993

Ernest Shonekan1993

Sani Abacha1993 – 1998

Abdulsalami Abubakar1998 – 1999

Olusegun Obasanjo1999 – 2007

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua2007 – 2010

Goodluck Jonathan2010 – 2015

Muhammadu Buhari2015 – 2023

Bola Tinubu2023 – …

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1983 – 1985 · 2 years · came to it aged 41 · term 1 of 2

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

On 27 August 1985, he was overthrown in a palace coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida.

Reigned 2015 – 2023 · 8 years · came to it aged 73 · term 2 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2023; they died in 2025

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