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Shehu Shagari

1925 - 2018

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Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (; 25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979, which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic. An experienced politician, he briefly worked as a teacher before entering politics in 1951; and was elected into the House of Representatives in 1954. At various times between 1958 through independence of Nigeria in 1960 and 1975, he held a cabinet post as a federal commissioner. During these periods, Shagari made significant contributions to various sectors of the Nigerian economy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shehu Shagari is the 13,005th most popular politician (down from 12,382nd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 27th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shehu Shagari ranks 13,005 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammad Afzal Khan, Ranulf I of Aquitaine, Frank Carlucci, Alice Milliat, Hayder of Crimea, and Juan Guaidó. After him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Æthelheard of Wessex, Nikolai Podvoisky, Guaram I of Iberia, and Haakon the Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Shehu Shagari ranks 268. Before him are Otto Muehl, Ernst Neizvestny, Seymour Cray, Henning Larsen, Gordon George Avery, and Julian Beck. After him are Francesco Colasuonno, José Beyaert, Luis Cruz, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Luigi Carpaneda, and John Fiedler. Among people deceased in 2018, Shehu Shagari ranks 245. Before him are Anneke Grönloh, Rolf Hoppe, Thomas S. Monson, Gianfranco Parolini, Jennifer Welles, and Frank Carlucci. After him are Bradford Dillman, Nikolai Karachentsov, Arie den Hartog, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Lisbeth Palme, and Abbas.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Shehu Shagari ranks 31 out of 309. Before him are Amos Tutuola (1920), Yakubu Gowon (1934), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Victor Osimhen (1998), Tony Allen (1940), and Aliko Dangote (1957). After him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), and Yakubu (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Shehu Shagari ranks 10. Before him are Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Bola Tinubu (1952), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), Moshood Abiola (1937), and Yakubu Gowon (1934). After him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Yemi Osinbajo (1957), and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924).

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