Muhammadu Buhari

**Muhammadu Buhari**, GCFR (17 December 1942 – 13 July 2025) was the President of Nigeria and a former Major General in the Nigerian Army. He first became Head of State of Nigeria on 31 December 1983 when he took over the government by surprise. While he was in power, he passed laws to control how people behaved that were very harsh and put many people in jail, even the famous musician Fela Kuti. On 27 August 1985, there was another surprise takeover and he was no longer in charge of the country.

In the 21st century, Buhari decided to try and become head of state again and ran in multiple elections. He eventually won and became President of Nigeria in 2015. He brought back some of the harsh laws from the last time he was in charge of Nigeria. Now, more people have been criticizing him as part of the End SARS protests.

Buhari died in London, England, on 13 July 2025, while receiving medical treatment after being hospitalised, at the age of 82.

## Other websites

- 2011 Presidential Election Campaign website
- Muhammadu Buhari - In a HARDtalk interview on 21 January 2004

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: His Excellency
Major-general (Nigeria), Major General
- **honorific suffix**: Order of the Federal Republic, GCFR
- **image**: Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (cropped3).jpg
- **alt**: Official portrait of Buhari
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2015
- **order**: 7th and 15th
- **office**: President of Nigeria
- **term start**: 29 May 2015
- **term end**: 29 May 2023
- **vicepresident**: Yemi Osinbajo
- **predecessor**: Goodluck Jonathan
- **successor**: Bola Tinubu
- **term start1**: 31 December 1983
- **term end1**: 27 August 1985

- **1namedata1**: Tunde Idiagbon
- **predecessor1**: Shehu Shagari
- **successor1**: Ibrahim Babangida
- **office2**: Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Federal Minister of Petroleum Resources
- **president2**: _Himself_
- **term start2**: 11 November 2015
- **term end2**: 29 May 2023
- **1namedata2**: Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu
Timipre Sylva
- **predecessor2**: Diezani Allison-Madueke
- **successor2**: Bola Tinubu
- **term start3**: March 1976
- **term end3**: June 1978
 as
- **1namedata3**: Olusegun Obasanjo
- **office4**: Governor of Borno State
- **1namedata4**: Murtala Mohammed
Olusegun Obasanjo
- **term start4**: 3 February 1976
- **term end4**: 15 March 1976
- **predecessor4**: _Office established_
- **successor4**: Mustapha Amin
- **term start5**: 1 August 1975
- **term end5**: 3 February 1976
 as
- **predecessor5**: Musa Usman
- **successor5**: _Office abolished_
- **1namedata5**: Murtala Mohammed
- **birth place**: Daura, Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now in Katsina State, Katsina, Nigeria)
- **death place**: London, England, United Kingdom, UK
- **party**: All Progressives Congress (2013–2025)
- **children**: 10
- **awards**: #Honours, List of honors and awards
- **nickname**: Baba or Baba Buhari
- **branch label**: Branch
- **serviceyears**: 1962–1985
- **serviceyears label**: Service years
- **rank**: Major-general (Nigeria), Major general
- **battles**: Nigerian Civil War
Chadian–Nigerian War
- **battles label**: Conflicts