Obasanjo, Olusegun
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Name (Hebrew)
אובסנג'ו, אולוסגון
Name (Latin)
Obasanjo, Olusegun
Other forms of name
Obasanjo, Matthew Olusegun Aremu
Obasanjo, O. (Olusegun)
Obasanjo, Matthew Fajinmi Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun
Date of birth
1937-03-05
Associated country
Nigeria
Field of activity
Nigeria--Politics and government
Occupation
Armies--Officers
Essayists
Politicians
Presidents
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Lt.-Gen., Head, Fed. Military Govt., Commander-in-Chief, Armed Forces of the Fed. Rep. of Nigeria
See Also From tracing corporate name
Nigeria. President (1999- : Obasanjo)
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Obasanjo, Olusegun; political figure, president, essayist, army officer; born 1937 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; studied at Abeokuta Baptist High School; enlisted in the army (1958); advanced from second lieutenant to Chief of Staff at supreme headquarters (1959-1976); led Nigerian forces in the country's civil war (1969-1970); became head of state (1976-1979); published Constitution for National Integration and Development, a book advocating a one-party government (1989); served on the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (1980s-1990s); won the Africa Prize for leadership (1990); imprisoned under charges of concealing treason (1995) and released in 1998; elected president on May 1999; won a second term in 2003; stepped down after a controversy about constitutional modifications (April 2007); was appointed a special envoy to the Great Lakes Region (December 2008))
- Before we forget, 2014:page 1 (former President Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo)
- My command, 1980:t.p. (Oluṣẹgun Ọbasanjọ) jkt. (b. 3-5-37)
- His My command, 1980:t.p. (Oluṣẹgun Ọbasanjọ) jkt. (b. 3-5-37)
- The Leadership challenge of economic reforms in Africa, 1990:CIP t.p. (O. Obasanjo)
- Obasanjo's economic direction, 2000:p. iii (Chief Olusagun Obasanjo, GCFR, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria) p. 7 (assumed office in May 1999)
- The return of Obasanjo-- twenty years after, 1999:p. 1 (Matthew Fajinmi Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo)