Iyabo obasanjo biography
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Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian head of state, –79 and –
His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office 29 May &#;– 29 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Atiku Abubakar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Abdulsalami Abubakar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 February &#;– 1 October as Military Head of State of Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief of Staff | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Murtala Muhammed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shehu Shagari | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 July &#;– 13 February | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head of State | Murtala Muhammed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | J. E. A. Wey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office – | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head of State | Himself | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Illiya Bisalla | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Iya Abubakar | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo c. () 5 March (age&#;87) (official date of birth) Ibogun-Olaogun, Ifo, Southern distrikt, British Nigeria (now Ibogun-Olaogun, Ogun State, Nigeria) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party (–; –present) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Esther Olu • Before her senatorial election, Obasanjo was Ogun State Commissioner for Health.[4] She was elected as a Nigerian Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State in April [4] She ran for re-election April on the PDP platform, but was defeated by Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), who gained , votes to Obasanjo Bello's 56,[5][6][7] Senate careerObasanjo was elected to the Senate on 28 April on a People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform; her Action Congress (AC) opponent Remilekun Bakare challenged this outcome, but the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal upheld her victory.[8] She was the Chairman of the Senate's Health Committee, and a member of the Security & Intelligence, Land Transport, Science & Technology, Education, National Planning, and Inter-Parliamentary Committees.[4] She lost her seat during the National Assembly Elections on 9 April Her political reign finally came to a halt in when she w • Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (born April 27, ) is a Nigerian Senator who represents Ogun Central Senatorial District of Ogun State.[1] Obasanjo-Bello is the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Oluremi Obasanjo.[2] EducationObasanjo-Bello attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, Capital School in Kaduna, and Queen's College in Lagos. She obtained a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Ibadan in Ibadan in , a masters' degree in epidemiology from University of California, Davis in Davis, California, United States in , and a PhD in the same subject from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US in [3] Political careerBefore her senatoria | |||||||||||||||||||||