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PERSONAL PROFILE OF THE PRESIDENT President: H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
• He served with the United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in the Congo, 1960-1961; • Commander, Engineering Corps, 1963; • General Officer Commanding, Third Marine Commando Division during the Nigerian Civil War; • Led the Division to end the war and accepted surrender of Biafran forces in January 1970; • Commander, Nigerian Army Engineering Corps, 1970-1975; • Federal Commissioner for Works Commissioned into Nigerian Army in 1959; • Service with the United Nations Peacekeeping and Housing, 1975; • Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, 1975-1976; • Member, Supreme Military Council, 1975-179; • Lieutenant-General, 1976 and General, 1979; • Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, 1976-1979; • He presided over the voluntary transition to civil democratic rule in 1979; • He contested and won the 1999 presidential election on the ticket of the PDP; • He holds the national award of Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (GCFR) among other laurels.
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Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria was born on 5 March 1937 in Abeokuta, Ogun state. In
1958, after High School, General Obasanjo enlisted into the
Nigerian Army and was trained at the Mons Officers Cadet
School, Aldershot, England. He also underwent military
training at various institutions including the Royal College
of Defence Studies, London; Indian Army School of
Engineering; Indian Defence Staff College; School of Survey,
Newbury, England; Royal College of Engineering; Regular
Officers Special Training School, Teshie,
Ghana.