Shehu Shagari

Alhaji
Shehu Shagari
GCFR
Alhaji Shehu Shagari GCFR
	Shagari in 1980
6th President of Nigeria
	In office; 1 October 1979 – 31 December 1983
Vice President	Alex Ekwueme
Preceded by	Olusegun Obasanjo as Military Head of State of Nigeria
Succeeded by	Muhammadu Buhari as Military Head of State of Nigeria
President	In office; 1971–1975
Ministerial offices
Federal Commissioner for Finance
	In office; 1971–1975
President	Yakubu Gowon
Preceded by	Obafemi Awolowo
Succeeded by	Asumoh Ete Ekukinam
Federal Commissioner for Economic Development, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction
	In office; 1970–1971
President	Yakubu Gowon
Federal Minister of Works
	In office; 1965–1966
Prime Minister	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Federal Minister of Internal Affairs
	In office; 1962–1965
Prime Minister	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preceded by	Usman Sarki
Succeeded by	Shettima Ali Monguno
Federal Minister of Pensions
	In office; 1960–1962
Prime Minister	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preceded by	Musa Yar'Adua
Federal Minister of Economic Development
	In office; 1959–1960
Prime Minister	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Federal Minister of Commerce and Industries
	In office; 1958–1959
Prime Minister	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	25 February 1925; Shagari, Northern Region, British Nigeria
Died	28 December 2018 (aged 93); Abuja, Nigeria
Political party	National Party of Nigeria
Other political; affiliations	Northern People's Congress (1951–1966)
Spouses	Amina Shagari; ; Hadiza Dawaiya (m. 1957) ; Aisha Shagari (died 2001)
Children	Muhammad Bala Shagari ; Aminu Shehu Shagari ; Abdulrahman Shehu Shagari, amongst others
Relatives	Bello Bala Shagari (grandson)
Alma mater	Barewa College; Teachers Training College, Zaria;
Occupation	Politician; teacher;

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation^ⓘ; 25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979, which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.^[2]

An experienced politician, he briefly worked as a teacher before entering politics in 1951; and was elected into the House of Representatives in 1954. At various times between 1958 through independence of Nigeria in 1960 and 1975, he held a cabinet post as a federal commissioner or as a federal minister. As president, Shagari presided over the mass deportation of West African migrants in 1983, which primarily impacted Ghanaian migrants in Nigeria.^[3]

^ Shagari, Shehu Usman Aliyu (2001). Shehu Shagari : beckoned to serve : an autobiography. Internet Archive. Nigeria : Heinemann ed. books (Nigeria) plc. p. 89. ISBN 978-978-129-932-2.
^ "Shehu Shagari obituary". The Guardian. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ Solomonov, M. (15 August 2015). "Ghana Must Go: Exodus From Nigeria Remembered". Yen.com.gh. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[1] Shagari, Shehu Usman Aliyu (2001). Shehu Shagari : beckoned to serve : an autobiography. Internet Archive. Nigeria : Heinemann ed. books (Nigeria) plc. p. 89. ISBN 978-978-129-932-2.

[2] "Shehu Shagari obituary". The Guardian. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

[Yen-3] Solomonov, M. (15 August 2015). "Ghana Must Go: Exodus From Nigeria Remembered". Yen.com.gh. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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