Shehu Musa Yar'Adua

Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua GCON
4th Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters
In office 13 February 1976 – 30 September 1979
Head of State	Olusegun Obasanjo
Preceded by	Olusegun Obasanjo
Succeeded by	Alex Ekwueme as 1st elected Vice President of Nigeria
Personal details
Born	(1943-03-05)5 March 1943 Katsina, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Katsina State, Nigeria)
Died	8 December 1997(1997-12-08) (aged 54) Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Political party	Peoples Front of Nigeria (1988–1989) Social Democratic Party (1989–1993)
Spouse	Hajia Binta Yar'Adua
Relations	Umaru Yar'Adua (brother) Abdulaziz Musa Yar'Adua (brother)
Parent	Musa Yar'Adua (father)
Alma mater	Nigerian Military Training College Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Occupation	Politician military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Nigeria
Branch/service	Nigerian Army
Years of service	1961–1979
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Nigerian Civil War

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua GCON ((listen^ⓘ); 5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) was a Nigerian general and politician who was the de facto vice president of Nigeria as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters when Nigeria was under military rule from 1976 to 1979. He was a prominent politician during the later transition from military to civilian rule in the late 1980s and into the 1990s.