List of Nigerian presidents (both civilian and military) along with their second-in-command from 1960 to 2019
List of Nigerian presidents (both civilian and military) along with their second-in-command from 1960 to 2019
[edit | edit source]1.Nnamdi Azikiwe Year: 1960-1963 (Governor-General, then President) Second in Command: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
2. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi - Year: 1966 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Vacant (Direct Military Rule) [1]
3.General Yakubu Gowon
- Year: 1966-1975 (Military Head of State)
- Second in Command: Major General Joseph Edet Akinrinade (Initially), then General Olusegun Obasanjo (After a coup in 1975)
4.General Murtala Ramat Mohammed - Year: 1975-1976 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo
5.Major General Olusegun Obasanjo - Year: 1976-1979 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
6.Alhaji Shehu Shagari - Year: 1979-1983 (President) - Second in Command: Dr. Alex Ekwueme
7.Major General Muhammadu Buhari - Year: 1983-1985 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Tunde Idiagbon[2]
8.General Ibrahim Babangida - Year: 1985-1993 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Rear Admiral Augustus Aikhomu
9.Ernest Shonekan - Year: 1993 (Interim President) - Second in Command: Vacant (Direct Rule by the Military)
10.General Sani Abacha - Year: 1993-1998 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya
11.General Abdulsalami Abubakar - Year: 1998-1999 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Olagunsoye Oyinlola
12.General Olusegun Obasanjo - Year: 1999-2007 (President) - Second in Command: Atiku Abubakar
13.Umaru Musa Yar'Adua - Year: 2007-2010 (President) - Second in Command: Goodluck Jonathan
14.Goodluck Jonathan - Year: 2010-2015 (President) - Second in Command: Namadi Sambo
15.General Muhammadu Buhari - Year: 2015-2023 Vice-president: Professor Yemi Osinbajo [3]
16.Bola Ahmad Tinubu
- Year: 2023- till date
Vice-president: Kasheem Shettima[4]
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