Ibrahim Babangida

Also known as Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, IBB, 1941-, Babangida, Ibrahim Badamasi, 1941-

Head of State of Nigeria

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Kaliningrad
Active from: 1981-09-17

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Vice president: Ebitu Ukiwe , (1985–1986) Augustus Aikhomu , (1986–1993)
Preceded by: Muhammadu Buhari , (as Military Head of State )
Succeeded by: Ernest Shonekan , (as Interim Head of State )
Born: ( 1941-08-17 ) 17 August 1941 (age 84) , Minna , Northern Region, British Nigeria, (now in Niger State , Nigeria)
Party: Peoples Democratic Party
Spouse: Maryam Babangida ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 6 September 1969</span>"}]]}'>1969 ; died 2009 )
Alma mater: Royal Armoured Centre
Occupation: Politician military officer
Allegiance: Nigeria
Branch: Nigerian Army
Service years: 1962–1993
Rank: General
Conflict: Nigerian Civil War

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Commons category: Ibrahim Babangida
date of birth: 1941-08-17
name in native language: Ibrahim Babangida
start of work period: 1962-00-00

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Ibrahim Badamasi BabangidaListen GCFR GCB (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian general and politician who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari, until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the crisis of the Third Republic.

He rose through the ranks of the Nigerian Army fighting in the Nigerian Civil War and at various times being involved in almost all the military coups in Nigeria, before advancing to the rank of a General and ultimately as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; and as an unelected President and military dictator from 1985 to 1993, ruling for an uninterrupted period of eight years. His years in power, colloquially known as the Babangida Era, are considered one of the most controversial in Nigerian political and military history, being characterized by a burgeoning political culture of corruption in Nigeria, with Babangida and his regime estimated to have misappropriated at least 12 billion dollars (23.9 billion today).