Muhammadu Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as head of state from 1983 to 1985 and served as elected president from 2015 to 2023.

Tunde Idiagbon: A Nigerian military officer who served as chief of staff at Supreme Headquarters under Buhari from 1984 to 1985. As Buhari’s deputy, he helped direct the military government’s policies.
1983 Nigerian coup d'état: A military coup that overthrew Nigeria’s civilian government on 31 December 1983. The coup brought Buhari to power as head of state.
Military dictatorship: A political system in which military leaders hold governing power outside ordinary civilian constitutional rule. Buhari’s 1983–1985 government exercised power as a military regime.
Daura: A town in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, and the birthplace of Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was born in Daura in 1942.
Nigerian Second Republic: Nigeria’s civilian constitutional government from 1979 until the military coup of December 1983. Buhari’s coup ended this elected republic and brought his military government to power.
Olusegun Obasanjo: A Nigerian military ruler and elected president who governed from 1976 to 1979 and 1999 to 2007. Obasanjo’s return to elected office offered a precedent for Buhari’s later presidential bid.
War Against Indiscipline: A Nigerian military-government campaign launched in 1984 to enforce public order and discipline. Buhari’s government made the campaign a defining feature of its rule.
Supreme Military Council: Nigeria’s military governing body, which exercised top-level authority under successive military regimes. Buhari headed the council that governed Nigeria during his first period in power.
Nigerian Civil War: A war fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the secessionist Republic of Biafra. Buhari served as a Nigerian army officer during the war.
Nigerian military rule: Periods in Nigerian history when military officers governed the country outside civilian constitutional rule. Buhari’s first government was one episode in this broader pattern of military rule.

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