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Sani Abacha

1943 - 1998

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Sani Abacha ((); (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron-fist as military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his death in 1998. Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in Nigerian military history. He wielded power with an unyielding attitude and his rule heralded an unprecedented total disregard for human rights with several political assassinations and summary executions of dissidents and political opponents in Nigeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sani Abacha has received more than 2,232,327 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Sani Abacha is the 9,409th most popular politician (up from 10,448th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 15th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sani Abacha ranks 9,409 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Qara Hülegü, Mohammad Beheshti, Sobekemsaf I, Abu Zakariya Yahya, and Sarduri I. After him are Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Barry Goldwater, Gall, Sneferka, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, and Georgios Tsolakoglou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Sani Abacha ranks 229. Before him are Shlomo Ben-Ami, Richard S. Hamilton, James Turrell, Marika Green, Stanley Fischer, and Jimmy Wang Yu. After him are Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Nolan Bushnell, Mike Leigh, Rashid Sunyaev, Patrick Demarchelier, and Maurice Bishop. Among people deceased in 1998, Sani Abacha ranks 105. Before him are Shinichi Suzuki, Otto Baum, Nino Ferrer, Juan José Nogués, Yuri Artyukhin, and Richard Hamming. After him are Barry Goldwater, Benjamin Spock, Mary Cartwright, Joan Hickson, Birger Ruud, and Hide.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Sani Abacha ranks 14 out of 309. Before him are Usman dan Fodio (1754), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Bola Tinubu (1952), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), and Olaudah Equiano (1745). After him are Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Francis Arinze (1932), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Rashidi Yekini (1963), and Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Sani Abacha ranks 4. Before him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Bola Tinubu (1952), and Olusegun Obasanjo (1937). After him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Shehu Shagari (1925), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), and Murtala Mohammed (1938).

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