Ruler · 1937 – present

Olusegun Obasanjo

Born 1937, living; engineer, politician, military personnel. President of Nigeria (Nigeria), 1976 – 1979 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: since 1937; living
In office: 11 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Nigeria
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Nigeria

Nigeria · the 5th and 12th of 16 dated reigns · 1963 – 2023

1 before

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi1966

Yakubu Gowon1966 – 1975

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

1 after

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

Reigned 1976 – 1979 · 3 years · came to it aged 39 · term 1 of 2

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Reigned 1999 – 2007 · 8 years · came to it aged 62 · term 2 of 2

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Consequently, Obasanjo stepped down after the April 2007 general election.

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