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Ibrahim Babangida
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Head of State of Nigeria
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Ibrahim Babangida is a Nigerian male politician and military general who served as President of Nigeria. Born on August 17, 1941, in Minna, he is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and practices Islam. His citizenship has included Colonial Nigeria, the Federation of Nigeria, and both the First and Second Nigerian Republics. He began his work period in 1962 and participated in the Nigerian Civil War.
Babangida was educated at the Nigerian Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy. He speaks English, Hausa, and Nigerian Pidgin. He is married to Maryam Babangida and has received the Order of the Nigeria.
As an author, he is credited with works including *Dawn of a new political era*, *A Re-invitation to the Committee of Patriots*, and *A message of hope*. Other publications include *Launching of the Public Enlightenment Programme for the 1991 population census* and *Lectures to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Babangida administration, 1985-90*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Kaliningrad
- Active from
- 1981-09-17
Discography
- Агрессия2005
- Ходят Слухи2009
- Макаревич2012
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,646x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Ebitu Ukiwe , (1985–1986) Augustus Aikhomu , (1986–1993)
- Preceded by
- Muhammadu Buhari , (as Military Head of State )
- Succeeded by
- Ernest Shonekan , (as Interim Head of State )
- Born
- ( 1941-08-17 ) 17 August 1941 (age 84) , Minna , Northern Region, British Nigeria, (now in Niger State , Nigeria)
- Party
- Peoples Democratic Party
- Spouse
- Maryam Babangida ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 6 September 1969</span>"}]]}'>1969 ; died 2009 )
- Alma mater
- Royal Armoured Centre
- Occupation
- Politician military officer
- Allegiance
- Nigeria
- Branch
- Nigerian Army
- Service years
- 1962–1993
- Rank
- General
- Conflict
- Nigerian Civil War
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Encyclopedic overview
Ibrahim Badamasi BabangidaListen GCFR GCB (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian general and politician who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari, until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the crisis of the Third Republic.
He rose through the ranks of the Nigerian Army fighting in the Nigerian Civil War and at various times being involved in almost all the military coups in Nigeria, before advancing to the rank of a General and ultimately as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; and as an unelected President and military dictator from 1985 to 1993, ruling for an uninterrupted period of eight years. His years in power, colloquially known as the Babangida Era, are considered one of the most controversial in Nigerian political and military history, being characterized by a burgeoning political culture of corruption in Nigeria, with Babangida and his regime estimated to have misappropriated at least 12 billion dollars (23.9 billion today).
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