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Yakubu Gowon

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Date of birth19 October 1934(age 76)
Place of birthKanke, Plateau State, Nigeria
ReligionChristian
3rd Head of State of Nigeria
In office1 August 1966 - 29 July 1975
Succeeded byMurtala Mohammed
Preceded byJohnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Chief of Army Staff
In officeJanuary 1966 - July 1966
Succeeded byJoseph Akahan
Preceded byJohnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

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General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon (born 19 October 1934) was the head of state (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He took power after one military coup d'etat and was overthrown in another. During his rule, the Nigerian government successfully prevented Biafran secession during the 1966 - 1970 Nigerian Civil War.

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'Youths, let's arise' - Nigerian Tribune Tweet this news
Nigerian Tribune--Available record reveals that General -Yakubu Gowon- was Nigeria's Head of State at age 28 with several ministers and governors in his cabinet then within the ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:02:46 GMT+00:00
Senate approves life allowances for Gowon, OBJ, IBB, others •Wives, children too - Nigerian Tribune Tweet this news
Nigerian Tribune--Consequently, Generals -Yakubu Gowon-, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Murtala Muhammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar, ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:37:22 GMT+00:00
Osoba, Others Back Senate On Pension For Ex-Heads Of State - P.M. News Tweet this news
P.M. News--But, with the passage of the harmonised bill on Wednesday, former military rulers, Generals -Yakubu Gowon-, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida and ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:58:46 GMT+00:00
Yakubu Gowon to observe Guinea's run off election - Patriotic Vanguard Tweet this news
Patriotic Vanguard--The legendary former Nigerian leader, General(now Dr) -Yakubu Gowon- will be part of the Carter Center's observer team to Guinea's run off election this ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:12:52 GMT+00:00
Nigeria at 50: Gowon, Johnson-Sir-Leaf to Feature at Media Award - THISDAY Tweet this news
THISDAY--Former Head of State, General -Yakubu Gowon- is expected to be the chairman of a media award ceremony organized by the African Leadership Magazine, ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:36:07 GMT+00:00
No rift between Yar'Adua, Jonathan, say Niboro, Adeniyi - Vanguard Tweet this news
Vanguard---Yakubu Gowon- which states, “if we are related, we shall meet again”. The Chairman of the State House press corp, Daniel Idonor in his remark commended ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:47:29 GMT+00:00
Furore over charter of equity in Ebonyi (1) - Daily Sun Tweet this news
Daily Sun---Yakubu Gowon's- administration with Abakaliki Division going to Anambra State and Afikpo Division going to Imo State . Again, the Movement for the creation ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:10:18 GMT+00:00
How they shared our national cake - Nigerian Tribune Tweet this news
Nigerian Tribune--NIGERIA started raking enormous wealth from petroleum, during the tenure of General -Yakubu Gowon- as the head of state. The General then was quoted to have ... - Date : Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:05:38 GMT+00:00
CARTER CENTER EXPERTS AND PARTNERS CHRONICLE “NIGERIA'S TRIUMPH” OVER ANCIENT ... - Modern Ghana Tweet this news
Modern Ghana--Dr. -Yakubu Gowon-, and technical and financial assistance from The Carter Center, the US Centers for Disease Control, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:07:10 GMT+00:00
Nigeria: North and Burden of Zoning Debate - AllAfrica.com Tweet this news
AllAfrica.com---Yakubu Gowon-, who is a Christian, the Moslems in the North have produced 99.9% of the leaders from that region, yet 50% of the population of the North are ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:46:10 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria
1 August 1966 - 29 July 1975
Succeeded by
Murtala Mohammed
Preceded by
Nuhu Bamalli
Foreign Minister of Nigeria
1966 - 1967
Succeeded by
Arikpo Okoi


Presidents of Nigeria (List)

First RepublicAzikiwe
Military regimeAguiyi-Ironsi * Gowon * Mohammed * Obasanjo
Second RepublicShagari
Military regimeBuhari * Babangida * Shonekan (interim)* * Abacha * Abubakar
Fourth RepublicObasanjo * Yar'Adua * Jonathan

Chairpersons of the Organization of African Unity and the African Union (AU)

Selassie * Nasser * Nkrumah * Ankrah * Selassie * Mobutu * Boumédienne * Ahidjo * Kaunda * Daddah * Hassan II * Gowon * Barre * Amin * Ramgoolam * Bongo * Nimeiry * Tolbert * Senghor * Stevens * Moi * Mengistu * Nyerere * Diouf * Nguesso * Kaunda * Traoré * Mubarak * Museveni * Babangida * Diouf * Mubarak * Ben Ali * Meles * Biya * Mugabe * Compaoré * Bouteflika * Eyadéma * Chiluba * Mwanawasa * Mbeki * Chissano * Obasanjo * Nguesso * Kufuor * Kikwete * al-Gaddafi * Mutharika |

Foreign Ministers of Nigeria

Jaja Wachuku * Nuhu Bamalli * Yakubu Gowon * Arikpo Okoi * Joseph Nanven Garba * Henry Adefope * Ishaya Audu * Emeka Anyaoku * Ibrahim Gambari * Bolaji Akinyemi * Ike Nwachukwu * Rilwanu Lukman * Ike Nwachukwu * Matthew Mbu * Baba Gana Kingibe * Tom Ikimi * Ignatius Olisemeka * Sule Lamido * Oluyemi Adeniji * Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala * Joy Ogwu * Ojo Maduekwe * Henry Odein Ajumogobia



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