| LC control no. | n 80125516 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Obasanjo, Olusegun |
| Variant(s) | Obasanjo, Matthew Fajinmi Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo, Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, O. (Olusegun) |
| See also | Nigeria. President (1999-2007 : Obasanjo) |
| Biography/History note | Lieutenant-General; Head, Federal Military Government; Commander-in-Chief, Armed Forces of the Federal Rep. of Nigeria. |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 1937-03-05 |
| Place of birth | Abeokuta (Nigeria) |
| Field of activity | Nigeria--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | Abeokuta Baptist High School Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons Nigeria. Nigerian Army |
| Profession or occupation | Presidents Politicians Essayists Armies--Officers |
| Found in | My command, 1980: t.p. (Oluṣẹgun Ọbasanjọ) jkt. (b. 3-5-37) The Leadership challenge of economic reforms in Africa, 1990: CIP t.p. (O. Obasanjo) Obasanjo's economic direction, 2000: p. iii (Chief Olusagun Obasanjo, GCFR, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria) p. 7 (assumed office in May 1999) The return of Obasanjo-- twenty years after, 1999: p. 1 (Matthew Fajinmi Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Obasanjo, Olusegun; political figure, president, essayist, army officer; born 1937 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; studied at Abeokuta Baptist High School; enlisted in the army (1958); advanced from second lieutenant to Chief of Staff at supreme headquarters (1959-1976); led Nigerian forces in the country's civil war (1969-1970); became head of state (1976-1979); published Constitution for National Integration and Development, a book advocating a one-party government (1989); served on the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (1980s-1990s); won the Africa Prize for leadership (1990); imprisoned under charges of concealing treason (1995) and released in 1998; elected president on May 1999; won a second term in 2003; stepped down after a controversy about constitutional modifications (April 2007); was appointed a special envoy to the Great Lakes Region (December 2008)) Before we forget, 2014: page 1 (former President Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo) |
| Associated language | eng |
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