Muhammadu Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he 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. The term Buharism is used to describe the authoritarian policies of his military regime.

17 December 1942

Born on the same birth date (17 December 1942): Paul Butterfield

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Alan Voorhees • Andrew Simpson (sailor) • Dave Madden • Dorothy Rowe • Ernest of Bavaria • Eugene Levy • Frank Winterstein • Gerald Patterson • John Greenleaf Whittier • Loren Murchison • Mary Cartwright • Russell C. Newhouse • Stéphane Lasme • Syed Mushtaq Ali • Sébastien Ogier • Takeo Spikes

Born in the same month (December 1942): Barbara Follett (politician) • Carla Thomas • Catherine Coulter • David K. Shipler • Donald Carcieri • Enrique Morente • Fred Ward • Michael Nesmith • Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer) • Robert Quine