Aliyu Mohammed Gusau

Lieutenant General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau
Minister of Defence
In office 5 March 2014 – 29 May 2015
President	Goodluck Jonathan
Preceded by	Olusola Obada
Succeeded by	Mansur Dan Ali
Chief of Army Staff
In office September 1993 – November 1993
Preceded by	Salihu Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Chris Alli
National Security Adviser
In office 8 March 2010 – 18 September 2010
President	Goodluck Jonathan
Preceded by	Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
Succeeded by	Kayode Are
In office 29 May 1999 – 1 June 2006
President	Olusegun Obasanjo
Preceded by	Abdullahi Mohammed
Succeeded by	Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
In office January 1993 – August 1993
President	Ibrahim Babangida
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ismaila Gwarzo
Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy
In office February 1992 – January 1993
Preceded by	Garba Duba
Succeeded by	Mohammed Balarabe Haladu
Director of the National Security Organisation
In office September 1985 – July 1986
President	Ibrahim Babangida
Preceded by	Mohammed Lawal Rafindadi
Succeeded by	NSO Dissolved
Chief of Defence Intelligence
In office January 1985 – August 1985
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Halilu Akilu
Personal details
Born	(1943-05-18) 18 May 1943 (age 81) Gusau, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Zamfara State, Nigeria)
Political party	Peoples Democratic Party
Children	Mahdi Mohammed Gusau
Alma mater	Nigerian Defence Academy Royal College of Defence Studies
Military service
Allegiance	Nigeria
Branch/service	Nigerian Army
Years of service	1964–1993
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Nigerian Civil War

Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (born 18 May 1943) is a Nigerian general and statesman. He has held several high level national security, military and intelligence offices, and has participated in several military coups, playing a central role in founding the Fourth Nigerian Republic.

He was most recently the Minister of Defence, and has served as National Security Adviser to three presidents; he was also the Chief of Army Staff during Ernest Shonekan and briefly Sani Abacha's regime, headed different intelligence agencies, and was commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy.^[1]