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Shagari, Shehu Usman Aliyu, 1925-2018

LC control no.n 81076263
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Personal name headingShagari, Shehu Usman Aliyu, 1925-2018
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Variant(s)Shagari, Shehu, 1925-2018
Shagari, Alhaji Shehu, 1925-2018
See alsoNigeria. President (1979-1983 : Shagari)
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Associated countryNigeria
Birth date1925-02-25
Death date2018-12-28
Place of birthShagari (Nigeria)
Place of deathAbuja (Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria)
AffiliationNational Party of Nigeria
Profession or occupationPoliticians Presidents
Found inThe First 100 days of Mister President, 1980 (subj.) t.p. (Mister President) p. 1, etc. (Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari; Nigeria's first executive president, 10/1/79; Alhaji Shehu Shagari; President Shehu Shagari; President Shagari; Alhaji Shagari)
WW in Africa, c1973 (Shagari, Shehu (Alhaji); b. May 1925)
Musa, Shehu A. Address delivered on behalf of his excellency, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, 1982.
Bibliothè€que nationale de France WWW auth. file, July 22, 2016 (hdg.: Shagari, Alhaji Shehu, 1925- ; nat.: Nigeria ; President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983)
Wikipedia, July 22, 2016: Shehu Shagari (Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Turakin Sakkwato (b. Feb. 25, 1925) served as the second President of Nigeria's Second Republic (1979-1983))
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 31, 2018 (in obituary published Dec. 29: Shehu Shagari; Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Feb. 25, 1925, in the village of Shagari, near the city of Sokoto; in later years, the honorific Alhaji was added to his name to denote his participation in the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca; d. Friday [Dec. 28, 2018], Abuja, aged 93; former president of Nigeria who sought to revive democratic rule only to be deposed by military officers impatient with his seeming inability to confront endemic corruption and economic crisis)
Associated languageeng
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