Ernest Shonekan

Chief Ernest Shonekan GCFR
9th Head of State of Nigeria
Interim 26 August 1993 – 17 November 1993
Preceded by	Ibrahim Babangida as Military President of Nigeria
Succeeded by	Sani Abacha as Military Head of State of Nigeria
Head of Government of Nigeria
In office 2 January 1993 – 17 November 1993
President	Ibrahim Babangida Himself
Vice President	Augustus Aikhomu
Preceded by	Ibrahim Babangida
Succeeded by	Sani Abacha
Personal details
Born	(1936-05-09)9 May 1936 Lagos, British Nigeria (now Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
Died	11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 85) Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Margaret Shonekan
Alma mater	University of London Harvard Business School
Profession	Lawyer businessman

Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan GCFR (9 May 1936 – 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim head of state of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993. He was crowned the Abese of Egbaland in 1981.^[1]

Prior to his political career, Shonekan was the chairman and chief executive of the United African Company of Nigeria (successor of The Niger Company), a vast Nigerian conglomerate which at the time was the largest African-controlled company in Sub-Saharan Africa.^[2]