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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

1912 - 1966

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Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who served as the first and only prime minister of Nigeria upon independence. A conservative Anglophile, he favoured maintaining close ties with the British. During his first few years in office as prime minister, Nigeria was a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II reigning as Queen of Nigeria, until Nigeria became a republic in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa has received more than 917,416 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is the 14,919th most popular politician (down from 13,705th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 44th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 14,919 out of 15,577. Before him are Joseph Cook, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, Imangali Tasmagambetov, Michael Foot, Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and Hubert Minnis. After him are Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, Laura Codruța Kövesi, Lucio Gutiérrez, Eligio Ayala, Gérard Collomb, and Laurynas Stankevičius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 306. Before him are Karl Kreutzberg, Giuliano Nostini, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Bill Miller, Simón Lecue, and Leslie Johnson. After him are Matthias Heidemann, Jadwiga Wajs, Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, Richard Doll, Hermann Hansen, and Camilo Ponce Enríquez. Among people deceased in 1966, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 187. Before him are George Goulding, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Robert Keith, Bernard Schmetz, René Barbier, and Verna Felton. After him are Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Anders Petersen, Marguerite Higgins, Gösta Olson, Eric Fleming, and William Frawley.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 45 out of 236. Before him are Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Abubakar Shekau (1974), and Finidi George (1971). After him are Sunday Oliseh (1974), Victor Ikpeba (1973), Flora Nwapa (1931), Israel Adesanya (1989), Stephen Keshi (1962), and Uche Okechukwu (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 16. Before him are Abdullah al-Thani (1954), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924). After him are Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Yemi Osinbajo (1957), and Blessing Oborududu (1989).

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