![]() Olusegun Obasanjo served the longest period for eleven years, two hundred and thirty days combined. Yakubu Gowon served the longest continuous period of almost nine years before being deposed while he was away from the country in 1975. Murtala Muhammed served 199 days in the position. Aguiyi-Ironsi served 194 days in the office, the shortest for a permanent head of state. ![]() The interim government of Ernest Shonekan who was deposed 83 days after taking office in 1993 is the shortest in Nigeria's history not including the tenure of Sir James Robertson who served 46 days as governor-general immediately after independence. Shagari was also the first president to be elected to the position. The first ceremonial president, who served during the first republic was Nnamdi Azikiwe, while the first executive president of Nigeria was Shehu Shagari. Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari both served two non-consecutive periods as head of state, first as military officers and then later as civilians. The incumbent president Bola Tinubu is the nation's 16th head of state. Since Nigeria became a republic in 1963, 14 individuals have served as head of state of Nigeria under different titles. Nnamdi Azikiwe served as the only indigenous governor-general of Nigeria. Nigeria became a republic within the Commonwealth under the Constitution of 1963 and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by a ceremonial president. The monarch was represented in Nigeria by a governor-general. ![]() ![]() įrom 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1960 was the queen of Nigeria, Elizabeth II who was also the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government. This is a list of the heads of state of Nigeria, from independence in 1960 to the present day. ![]()
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