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Yar'adua, Umaru Musa

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingYar'adua, Umaru Musa
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Variant(s)Yar'adua, Musa (Umaru Musa)
See alsoNigeria. President (2007-2010 : Yar'adua)
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Associated countryNigeria
Birth date1951-08-16
Death date2010-05-05
Place of birthKatsina (Nigeria)
Place of deathAbuja (Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria)
Field of activityNigeria--Politics and government--1993-2007 Nigeria--Politics and government--2007- Katsina State (Nigeria)--Politics and government
Profession or occupationPresidents Governors
Found inMontage of Yar'adua's achievements (May 29th, 1999-May 29th, 2001), 2001?: p. 2 (Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Governor of Katsina State)
World Factbook, viewed Apr. 21, 2009: Nigeria (chief of state: President Umaru Musa YAR'ADUA (since 29 May 2007); note: the president is both the chief of state and head of government)
Los Angeles times WWW site, May 6, 2010 (Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua; d. Wednesday [May 5, 2010]; failed to formally transfer his powers to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, sparking a constitutional crisis)
Guardian WWW site, May 6, 2010 (President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria; Umaru Musa Yar'Adua; b. 16 Aug. 1951; d. 5 May 2010)
Wikipedia, Aug. 13, 2015 (Umaru Musa Yar'Adua; b. in Katsina; a member of political party founded by his elder brother Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM); governor of Katsina State 1999-2007; d. at the Aso Rock presidential villa [Abuja] after treatments abroad for health conditions)
The Nigeria-Niger trans-border management and cooperation, 2003: page 149 (Yar'adua Musa; contribution: Responding to the management of international border : the Katsina State experience)
Associated languageeng