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Olusegun Obasanjo

1937 - Today

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Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo ( ; Yoruba: Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ [olúʃɛ́ɡũ ɔbásanɟɔ] ; born c. 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian former army general, politician and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1998 to 2015, and since 2018. Born in the village of Ibogun-Olaogun to a farming family of the Owu branch of the Yoruba, Obasanjo was educated largely in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olusegun Obasanjo is the 7,374th most popular politician (down from 7,296th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 7,374 out of 19,576. Before him are Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Dirk III, Count of Holland, Edward Carson, Titus Flavius Clemens, Pōmare I, and Jakaya Kikwete. After him are Johann Homann, Valko Chervenkov, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Léon Flameng, Son Sen, and Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 126. Before him are Viacheslav Chornovil, Franz Vranitzky, Francis Veber, Amos Tversky, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Petros Markaris. After him are Billy Meier, Robert B. Wilson, Joseph Kobzon, Bella Akhmadulina, Emerich Jenei, and Lajos Portisch.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 14 out of 309. Before him are Hugo Weaving (1960), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Fela Kuti (1938), Usman dan Fodio (1754), and Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809). After him are Bola Tinubu (1952), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), John Obi Mikel (1987), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), and Sani Abacha (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo ranks 4. Before him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), and Muhammadu Buhari (1942). After him are Bola Tinubu (1952), 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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