LC control no. | n 50035772 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Gowon, Yakubu, 1934- |
Associated country | Nigeria |
Associated place | England |
Birth date | 1934-10-19 |
Place of birth | Plateau State (Nigeria) |
Field of activity | Military government--Nigeria |
Affiliation | Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst Great Britain. Army. Staff College, Camberley Nigeria |
Profession or occupation | Presidents Heads of state Soldiers Armed Forces--Officers Generals |
Found in | Fagbemigun, L. Yakubu Gowon, 1970. Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (Maj. Gen.) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 05, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gowon, Yakubu Jack; president, government official (foreign), soldier, army chief of staff; born 19 October 1934 in Lur, Plateau State, Nigeria; devout Christian from the Northern Region; attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst; was sent to Britain to attend the Staff College at Camberley (1962); completed a PhD in political science in the UK; reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and become a battalion commander (by the end of 1965); was appointed to the position of military chief of staff, becoming the youngest man appointed to this position in Nigeria's history; made head of the Federal Military Government; unilaterally declared the creation of the new structure of twelve states (1967); sought to reintegrate the Igbo into Nigerian society and to restore economic stability to Nigeria; was sent to exile in the United Kingdom (1975)) NYSC and national development, 2021: page vii (General (Dr) Yakubu Gowon (rtd.) GCFR, Former Head of State; writer of Foreword) |
Associated language | eng |