1941 - Today
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, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 12,335 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1778 - 1847
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 12,329
1930 - 2016
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,330
1789 - 1852
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,331
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,332
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,333
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,334
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,335
1898 - 1985
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12,336
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 12,337
1350 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 12,338
1864 - 1918
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 12,339
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 12,340
501 - 608
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 12,341
Among people born in 1941, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 316. Before 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.
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 310
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 311
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 312
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 313
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 314
1941 - 2020
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 315
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 316
1941 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 317
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 318
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 319
1941 - 2011
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 320
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 321
1941 - 2022
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 322
Among people born in Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 26 out of 236. Before 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).
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 20
1936 - 2022
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 21
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 22
1933 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 23
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 24
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 25
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 26
1963 - 2012
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 27
1920 - 1997
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 28
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 29
1938 - 1976
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 30
1793 - 1864
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 31
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 32
Among politicians born in Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida ranks 11. Before 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).
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 5
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 6
1936 - 2022
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 7
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 8
1933 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 11
1938 - 1976
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 12
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 14
1924 - 1966
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 15
1912 - 1966
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 16
1900 - 1978
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 17