Buhari, Muhammadu
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Name (Hebrew)
בוהארי, מוחמדו, 1942-2025
Name (Latin)
Buhari, Muhammadu
Other forms of name
Buhari, M
Buhari, M. (Muhammadu)
Buhari, Mohammadu
Date of birth
1942-12-17
Date of death
2025-07-13
Associated country
Nigeria
Field of activity
Nigeria--Politics and government
Petroleum industry and trade
Occupation
Armed Forces--Officers
Heads of state
Politicians
Presidents
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Full text of interview on impact of the current world petroleum situation on Nigeria's petroleum activities, 1978:t.p. (Col. M. Buhari, Commissioner of Petroleum)
- OCLC, May 6, 2015(access points: Buhari, M.; Buhari, Muhammadu; Buhari, Mohammadu; usage: M. Buhari; Muhammadu Buhari)
- Odeh, Rosaline. Muhammadu Buhari, 1984:p. 13 (b. 12-17-42)
- The New York Times (online), Muhammadu Buhari, strongman president of Nigeria, dies at 82, July 13, 2025, updated July 26, 2025, viewed July 21, 2025(former feared military leader in the 1980s who won democratic election as president in 2015 and 2019; born in Daura, Katsina, the 23rd child of his father Adamu Buhari, a village chief who had three wives; his father died when he was 4 and he was raised by his mother, Zulaihat Buhari; died in a hospital in London on Sunday [July 13]; a Sunni Muslim from the Islamic north who trained as a soldier in Britain (1962-1965); by the time of the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970) he was an infantry commander; attended the United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1979 to secure a master's degree in strategic studies; held the rank of major general when a coup by senior commanders on Dec. 31, 1983 brought him into power, until he was overthrown in August 1985 and placed under house arrest; his 2015 election represented a milestone, the first opposition leader to unset an incumbent president (Goodluck Jonathan) since independence; his reputation for iron-fisted rule in the 1980s was ironically a reason he was elected, but he was unable to reverse the problems facing the Nigerian government when he took office, including the Boko Haram insurgence)
- Wikipedia, May 6, 2015(Muhammadu Buhari; b. Daura, British Nigeria; president-elect of Nigeria, taking office 29 May 2015, the first time in Nigeria's history that an incumbent elected president will peacefully transfer power to an elected leader of the opposition; retired major general in the Nigerian Army; was head of state 31 Dec. 1983 - 27 Aug. 1985, taking power in a military coup; party, All Progressives Congress)
- World factbook, May 31 2018: Nigeria, government (President Maj. Gen. (ret.) Muhammadu BUHARI (since 29 May 2015))
- מוחמדו בוהארי (באנגלית: Muhammadu Buhari; 17 בדצמבר 1942 - 13 ביולי 2025) היה פוליטיקאי ניגרי שכיהן כנשיא ניגריה בין השנים 2015-2023; לפני כן היה איש צבא (מייג'ור גנרל) שכיהן כשליט הצבאי של המדינה מ-31 בדצמבר 1983 עד 27 באוגוסט 1985 לאחר שעלה לשלטון בהפיכה הצבאית של 1983. בהמשך הודח בעצמו בהפיכה צבאית, והיה מועמד לנשיאות ניגריה ב-2003, 2007 ו-2011. בדצמבר 2014 נבחר שוב כמועמד לנשיאות מטעם מפלגת "הקונגרס של כל המתקדמים", לקראת הבחירות לנשיאות ב-2015, אז גבר על הנשיא המכהן גודלאק ג'ונתן. ב-2019 נבחר לכהונה נוספת. בוהארי הוא בן לאתניה פולאני. באמונתו הדתית הוא מוסלמי סוני. ( (ויקיפדיה, נצפה 8 בספטמבר 2025) )