The biography of muhammadu buhari speech

President of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, military head of state of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985

Muhammadu BuhariGCFR (Hausa pronunciation^ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.^[2][3] He also served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état.^[4][5] The term Buharism is used to describe the authoritarian policies of his military regime.^[6][7]

Buhari ran for president of Nigeria on the platform and support of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2003 and 2007, and on the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) platform in 2011.^[8] In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of^[9] the All Progressives Congress party for the 2015 general ele