# Olusegun Obasanjo

> He held Nigeria's top job twice - first as a general who handed power back to civilians in 1979, then as the elected president who came out of prison to win in 1999. Between those chapters he was jailed for alleged treason under Abacha, found religion in his cell, and farmed in Ota while trying to broker peace across the continent.

*Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976-79)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Nigeria
- **Born:** 1937-03-05
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 1937 in Ibogun-Olaogun to a Yoruba farming family, Obasanjo joined the army, rose to Major, and took the Biafran surrender in 1970 when Nigeria's civil war ended. A 1975 coup made him part of a ruling triumvirate; when its leader Murtala Muhammed was assassinated in 1976, the Supreme Military Council named Obasanjo head of state. He cut budgets, expanded free schooling, tilted toward Washington, backed anti-apartheid forces in southern Africa, and oversaw the 1979 election before stepping aside for civilian rule under Shehu Shagari. He retired to his farm, wrote four books, and worked African peace efforts until Sani Abacha's 1993 coup. Openly critical, Obasanjo was arrested in 1995 and convicted of coup plotting - a charge he denied - and in prison became a born-again Christian. Released after Abacha died in 1998, he ran for the Peoples Democratic Party, won, and served 1999 to 2007: he depoliticised the military, fought ethnic and religious violence, pulled troops from Sierra Leone, privatised state enterprises, won re-election in 2003, and chaired the African Union from 2004 to 2006. His bid to scrap term limits failed and drew anger.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #89

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