List of heads of state of Nigeria

President (1963) 
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
(at time of election)133x133pxNnamdi Azikiwe1 October 196316 January 1966National Council of Nigeria and the CameroonsNwafor Orizu
(1914—1999)1 November 196516 January 1966IndependentChukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu
(1933—1967)16 January 196616 January 1966Federal Military Government100x100px Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi16 January 196629 July 1966Federal Military GovernmentBabafemi Ogundipe(1924—1971)29 July 196629 July 1966Federal Military GovernmentJoseph Edet Akinwale Wey
(1918 –1991)29 July 19661 August 1966Federal Military Government209x209px Yakubu Gowon1 August 196629 July 1975Federal Military Government100x100px Murtala Mohammed29 July 197513 February 1976Federal Military Government143x143px Olusegun Obasanjo13 February 19761 October 1979Federal Military Government130x130pxShehu Shagari1 October 197931 December 1983National Party of NigeriaAlex Ekwueme31 December 198331 December 1983National Party of Nigeria124x124px Muhammadu Buhari31 December 198327 August 1985Supreme Military Council141x141px Ibrahim Babangida27 August 198526 August 1993Armed Forces Ruling Council138x138pxM. K. O. AbiolaNever took officeSocial Democratic Party (Nigeria)131x131pxErnest Shonekan26 August 199317 November 1993Independent100x100pxSani Abacha17 November 19938 June 1998Provisional Ruling Council127x127pxAbdulsalami Abubakar8 June 199829 May 1999Provisional Ruling Council122x122pxOlusegun Obasanjo29 May 199929 May 2007People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)123x123pxUmaru Musa Yar'Adua29 May 20075 May 2010121x121pxGoodluck Jonathan9 February 201029 May 2015120x120pxMuhammadu Buhari29 May 20156 June 2016All Progressives Congress139x139pxYemi Osinbajo6 June 201619 June 2016120x120pxMuhammadu Buhari19 June 201629 May 2023Bola Ahmed Tinubu29 May 202329 May 2024All Progressives CongressKashim Shettima29 May 202429 May 2024All Progressives CongressBola Ahmed Tinubu29 May 2024—All Progressives Congress

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