List of heads of state of Nigeria
President (1963)
chenj-am| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party
(at time of election) | |
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
(1904–1996) |
1 October 1963 | 16 January 1966
(deposed.) |
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons | |
| Nwafor Orizu
(1914—1999) |
1 November 1965 | 16 January 1966 | Independent | ||
| Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
(1933—1967) |
16 January 1966 | 16 January 1966 | Federal Military Government | ||
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Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
(1924–1966) |
16 January 1966 | 29 July 1966
(assassinated.) |
Federal Military Government | |
| Babafemi Ogundipe(1924—1971) | 29 July 1966 | 29 July 1966 | Federal Military Government | ||
| Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey
(1918 –1991) |
29 July 1966 | 1 August 1966 | Federal Military Government | ||
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General Yakubu Gowon
(1934–) |
1 August 1966 | 29 July 1975
(deposed.) |
Federal Military Government | |
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General Murtala Mohammed
(1938–1976) |
29 July 1975 | 13 February 1976
(assassinated.) |
Federal Military Government | |
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Major-General Olusegun Obasanjo
(1937–) |
13 February 1976 | 1 October 1979
(resigned.) |
Federal Military Government | |
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Shehu Shagari
(1925–2018) |
1 October 1979 | 31 December 1983
(deposed.) |
National Party of Nigeria | |
| Alex Ekwueme | 31 December 1983 | 31 December 1983 | National Party of Nigeria | ||
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Major-General Muhammadu Buhari
(1942–) |
31 December 1983 | 27 August 1985
(deposed.) |
Supreme Military Council | |
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General Ibrahim Babangida
(1941–) |
27 August 1985 | 26 August 1993
(resigned.) |
Armed Forces Ruling Council | |
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M. K. O. Abiola
(1937–1998) |
Never took office | Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) | ||
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Ernest Shonekan
(1936–2022) |
26 August 1993 | 17 November 1993
(deposed) |
Independent | |
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General
Sani Abacha (1943–1998) |
17 November 1993 | 8 June 1998
(died in office) |
Provisional Ruling Council | |
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General
Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942–) |
8 June 1998 | 29 May 1999
(resigned) |
Provisional Ruling Council | |
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Olusegun Obasanjo
(1937–) |
29 May 1999 | 29 May 2007 | People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) | |
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
(1951–2010) |
29 May 2007 | 5 May 2010Templet:Refn
(died in office) | ||
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Goodluck Jonathan
(1957–) |
9 February 2010 | 29 May 2015 | ||
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Muhammadu Buhari
(1942–) |
29 May 2015 | 6 June 2016 | All Progressives Congress | |
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Yemi Osinbajo
(8 March 1957) |
6 June 2016 | 19 June 2016 | ||
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Muhammadu Buhari
(1942–) |
19 June 2016 | 29 May 2023 | ||
| Bola Ahmed Tinubu | 29 May 2023 | 29 May 2024 | All Progressives Congress | ||
| Kashim Shettima | 29 May 2024 | 29 May 2024 | All Progressives Congress | ||
| Bola Ahmed Tinubu | 29 May 2024 | — | All Progressives Congress | ||