List of Colonial Leaders, Military Heads of State & Civilian Presidents of Nigeria

List of Military Heads of State & Civilian Presidents of Nigeria(Post-Independence)

1. Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa 1960 - 1966
2. Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe October 1, 1963 – January 16, 1966
3. Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi, January 16, 1966 – July 29, 1966
4. General Yakubu Gowon, August 1, 1966 – July 29, 1975
5. General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, July 29, 1975 – February 13, 1976
6. General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, February 13, 1976 – October 1, 1979
7. Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, October 1, 1979 – December 31, 1983
8. Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, December 31, 1983 – August 27, 1985
9. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, August 27, 1985 – August 27, 1993
10. Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, August 26, 1993 – November 17, 1993
11. General Sani Abacha, November 17, 1993 – June 8, 1998
12. General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar (rtd.), June 9, 1998 – May 29, 1999
13. General (rtd.) Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, May 29, 1999 – May 29, 2007
14. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, 29 May 2007 - 5 May 2010
15. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan ( Acting President), 9 February 2010 – 6 May 2010
16. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, 6 May 2010 - Present

List of Colonial Leaders(Pre-Independence)

1. Sir Frederick Lord Lugard, 1912 - 1919
2. Sir Hugh Cliford, 1919 - 1925
3. Sir Lukmer Thompson, 1925 - 1931
4. Sir Donald Cameron, 1931 - 1935
5. Sir Barard Boundillion, 1935 - 1943
6. Sir Authur Richard, 1943 - 1945
7. Sir John Macpherson, 1945 - 1958
8. Sir James Robertson, 1958 - 1960

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