Shehu Shagari held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Shehu Shagari as president of Nigeria (1925-2018).
Shehu Shagari was born at Shagari in 1925. His recorded nationality is Nigeria. He was educated at Barewa College.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were President of Nigeria (1979–1983) and Minister of Finance of Nigeria (1971–1975).
His political affiliation is recorded as National Party of Nigeria.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Nigeria is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Shehu Shagari died in 2018, aged 93. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Nigeria (1979–1983)
- Minister of Finance of Nigeria (1971–1975)
- Educated at Barewa College
