1942 - Today
Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician, who has served as the president of Nigeria since 2015. He is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the authoritarian policies of his military regime.Buhari ran for president of Nigeria in 2003, 2007, and 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammadu Buhari has received more than 4,754,392 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Muhammadu Buhari is the 3,062nd most popular politician (up from 3,565th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Politician.
Muhammadu Buhari is most famous for being a Nigerian military leader and politician who has served as the President of Nigeria since 2015.
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Among politicians, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 3,062 out of 15,577. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Jacques Santer, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Alfonso I of Asturias, György Dózsa, and David of Trebizond. After him are Robert I, Count of Artois, Go of Balhae, Agis IV, Bülent Ecevit, Bronisław Komorowski, and Tomislav Nikolić.
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 3,056
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,057
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,058
693 - 757
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 3,059
1470 - 1514
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,060
1408 - 1463
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,061
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3,062
1216 - 1250
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,063
601 - 719
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,064
265 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,065
1925 - 2006
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 3,066
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 3,067
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 3,068
Among people born in 1942, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 80. Before him are Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Jean-Claude Trichet, Daniel Dennett, Caetano Veloso, George Vella, and Vladimír Mečiar. After him are Gilberto Gil, Junichiro Koizumi, Daniela Bianchi, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sandro Mazzola, and Mehran Karimi Nasseri.
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 74
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 75
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 76
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 77
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 78
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 79
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 80
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 81
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 82
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 83
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 84
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 85
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 86
Among people born in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 3 out of 236. Before him are Hugo Weaving (1960) and Wole Soyinka (1934). After him are Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Fela Kuti (1938), Sade (1959), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Jay-Jay Okocha (1973).
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 1
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 4
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 7
1754 - 1817
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 8
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 9
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari ranks 1. After him are Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Sani Abacha (1943), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Abdullah al-Thani (1954), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), and Ibrahim Babangida (1941).
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 2
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3
1951 - 2010
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 4
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
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 11
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12