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Sani Abacha

1943 - 1998

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Sani Abacha (() (20 September 1944 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron fist as military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his death in 1998. Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in Nigerian military history. He wielded power with an unyielding attitude and his rule heralded an unprecedented total disregard for human rights with several political assassinations and summary executions of dissidents and political opponents in Nigeria. His rule drew disrepute to the country with Nigeria becoming a pariah state in international relations particularly with regards to the execution of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sani Abacha is the 10,085th most popular politician (down from 9,408th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 14th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sani Abacha ranks 10,085 out of 19,576. Before him are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, Lord William Bentinck, Muse Bihi Abdi, Benigno Aquino III, and Leni Robredo. After him are Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Valérie Trierweiler, Konstantin of Rostov, and Farahnaz Pahlavi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Sani Abacha ranks 245. Before him are Mike Leigh, Ramón Sampedro, Rashid Sunyaev, Robert Gates, Frederick Chiluba, and Crescenzio Sepe. After him are Don Simpson, Michael Ondaatje, Mustafa Nadarević, Newt Gingrich, Wilson da Silva Piazza, and Osamu Dezaki. Among people deceased in 1998, Sani Abacha ranks 117. Before him are Otto Baum, Yuri Artyukhin, Ramón Sampedro, Lia Manoliu, Mary Cartwright, and Jorge Pacheco Areco. After him are Joan Hickson, Olivier Gendebien, Åke Seyffarth, Moshood Abiola, Carl Wilson, and Mahbub ul Haq.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Sani Abacha ranks 20 out of 309. Before him are Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Bola Tinubu (1952), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), John Obi Mikel (1987), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951). After him are Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Moshood Abiola (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), and Yakubu Gowon (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Sani Abacha ranks 7. Before him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Bola Tinubu (1952), and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951). After him are Moshood Abiola (1937), Yakubu Gowon (1934), Shehu Shagari (1925), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), and Ibrahim Babangida (1941).

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