Olusegun Obasanjo
Politician
1937 –
Who is Olusegun Obasanjo?
Oluṣẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ, GCFR is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
His current home is Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State, where he is a nobleman as the holder of the chieftaincy titles of the Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1937
Abeokuta - Also known as
- Oluṣẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Christianity
- Baptists
- Ethnicity
- Yoruba people
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Profession
- Education
- Royal School of Military Engineering
- Royal School of Military Survey
- British Royal Engineers' Young Officers School
- Defence Services Staff College
- Indian Army School of Engineering
- Lived in
- Abeokuta
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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