Yakubu Gowon

General Yakubu "Jack" Gowon (born 19 October 1934) Died 13 December 2025 in London is a Nigerian politician and general. He was the head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He ruled during the deadly Nigerian Civil War. He took power after the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup and was overthrown in the 1975 Nigerian coup d'état.US Library of Congress – "The 1966 Coups, Civil War, and Gowon's Government".

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