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Bola Tinubu

1952 - Today

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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician serving as the 16th and current president of Nigeria since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic. Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to the United States where he studied accounting at Chicago State University. He returned to Nigeria in the 1980s and was employed by Mobil Nigeria as an accountant, before entering politics as a Lagos West senatorial candidate in 1992 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bola Tinubu is the 7,446th most popular politician (down from 6,774th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 10th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bola Tinubu ranks 7,446 out of 19,576. Before him are Rodoald, Korechika Anami, Simonetta Sommaruga, Manfred Wörner, Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster, and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa. After him are Neferkare II, Henryk IV Probus, Elias Hrawi, Emperor Xizong of Tang, Jacopo Tiepolo, and Irakli Tsereteli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bola Tinubu ranks 136. Before him are Rainer Bonhof, John Walker, Manuel Zelaya, Chazz Palminteri, Kaija Saariaho, and Petar Stoyanov. After him are Eduardo Souto de Moura, Fatos Nano, Rex Tillerson, Nile Rodgers, Vandana Shiva, and Verónica Castro.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Bola Tinubu ranks 15 out of 309. Before him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Fela Kuti (1938), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809), and Olusegun Obasanjo (1937). After him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), John Obi Mikel (1987), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), and Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Bola Tinubu ranks 5. Before him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), and Olusegun Obasanjo (1937). After him are Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), Moshood Abiola (1937), Yakubu Gowon (1934), Shehu Shagari (1925), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), and Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904).

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