Yakubu Gowon (an haife shi a ranar 19 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta 1934), wanda akayi wa laƙani da Jack Gowon, tsohon soja ne kuma ɗan siyasan Nijeriya ne. An haife shi a shekara ta 1934 a Lur, Arewacin Najeriya (a jihar Filato). Yakubu Gowon shugaban kasar Najeriya ne daga watan Agusta a shekarata 1966 zuwa watan yuli shekara ta1975 (bayan Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi - kafin Murtala Mohammed). A karkashin mulkin Gowon ne masu fafutukar neman ficewa daga Najeriya daga al'umman ibo karkashin jagorancin shugaban su Odemegwu Ojukwu suka kafa kasar Biafara, inda gwamnatin Gowon din tafito ta yakesu har sai da suka miƙa wuya. Shine soja da yayi mulki ya dade akan kujeran mulki sosai fiya da kowa a Nijeriya, kuma wasu sun zargi Gawan da kashe adadin mutane masu yawa a dalilin yaƙin Biafra. A cewar Gowan shi bai aikata wani aikin ta'adda ci ba, kawai dai yayi abinda ya kamata a ce yayi ne domin Najeriya ta zamo guda ɗaya. Sunan Matarshi "Victoria". https://guardian.ng/opinion/general-yakubu-jack-gowon-at-85/ https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/nigerian-civil-war-biafra-anniversary https://www.blueprint.ng/civil-war-why-we-declared-no-victor-no-vanquished-gowon/ https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/gowon-speaks-on-civil-war-says-he-didnt-commit-any-crime/wqyzw16