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Ibrahim Babangida

1941 - Today

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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian retired general and statesman who served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Chief of Army Staff, going on to orchestrate his seizure of power in a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari. He rose through the ranks of the Nigerian Army fighting in the Nigerian Civil War and at various times being involved in almost all the military coups in Nigeria, before advancing to the full-rank of a General and ultimately as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; and as an unelected President and military dictator from 1985 to 1993, ruling for an uninterrupted period of eight years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibrahim Babangida has received more than 1,633,611 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ibrahim Babangida is the 12,335th most popular politician (down from 11,441st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 24th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 12,335 out of 15,577Before him are Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Marco Pannella, Carlos María de Alvear, Liu Yandong, Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. After him are Aksel Airo, Publius Postumius Tubertus, Shattuara, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, and Áedán mac Gabráin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 316Before him are Neelie Kroes, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Bo Svenson, Hipólito Mejía, and Ewa Demarczyk. After him are Heidi Biebl, Roy Harper, Hank Marvin, Margaret Price, James Hansen, and Kálmán Mészöly.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 26 out of 236Before him are Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Abdullah al-Thani (1954), and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954). After him are Rashidi Yekini (1963), Amos Tutuola (1920), Bennet Omalu (1968), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), and Nwankwo Kanu (1976).

Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 11Before him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), and Abdullah al-Thani (1954). After him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900).