Ruler · 1943 – 1998

Sani Abacha

Lived 1943 – 1998; politician, military officer, military personnel. President of Nigeria (Nigeria), 1993 – 1998.

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Lived: 1943 – 1998; 55 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Nigeria
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

President of Nigeria

Nigeria · the 10th of 16 dated reigns · 1963 – 2023

6 before

Muhammadu Buhari1983 – 1985

Ibrahim Babangida1985 – 1993

Ernest Shonekan1993

Sani Abacha1993 – 1998

Abdulsalami Abubakar1998 – 1999

Olusegun Obasanjo1999 – 2007

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua2007 – 2010

3 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 1993 – 1998 · 5 years · came to it aged 50

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1998, the year they died

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