Yakubu Gowon

October 19, 1934

Nigerian general who led the federal military government from 1966 to 1975, through the Biafran War, until he was overthrown in a coup.

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Offices held

Military service

• Nigerian Army General

Affiliations

Party membership

• Military dictatorship

Education

• Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• Staff College, Camberley

Timeline

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Yakubu Gowon

 

Nigerian Civil War

 

President - Nigeria