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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 977,489 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is the 14,473rd most popular politician (up from 14,867th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 45th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 14,473 out of 19,576. Before him are Atef Sedky, Dimitar Dobrev, Sarduri III, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Carlos Humberto Romero, and Jean-Claude Gaudin. After him are Karamchand Gandhi, Schafik Hándal, Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, Raymond Ndong Sima, Oscar Temaru, and Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 286. Before him are Ellen Preis, Nariz, Jean Vilar, Alfred Aston, Nelly Diener, and Silviu Bindea. After him are Carmen Barth, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Conlon Nancarrow, Hideo Itokawa, Horace W. Babcock, and Bill Roberts. Among people deceased in 1966, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 160. Before him are Christian Herter, Pablo Birger, Joel Stebbins, Mississippi John Hurt, Josef von Báky, and Elliot See. After him are René Schick, Georges Theunis, Iosif Czako, Hilde Schrader, Julia Faye, and Robert Charpentier.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 39 out of 309. Before him are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Taribo West (1974), Aliko Dangote (1957), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), and Ibrahim Zakzaky (1953). After him are John Onaiyekan (1944), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Obafemi Martins (1984), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), and Dick Tiger (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ranks 14. Before him are Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), and Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904). After him are Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), Atiku Abubakar (1946), and Obafemi Awolowo (1909).

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