Bashir Salihi Magashi

Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi CFR CON
Minister of Defence
In office 21 August 2019 – 29 May 2023
President	Muhammadu Buhari
Preceded by	Mansur Dan Ali
Succeeded by	Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
Military Governor of Sokoto State
In office August 1990 – January 1992
Preceded by	Ahmed Muhammad Daku
Succeeded by	Yahaya Abdulkarim
Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy
In office June 1998 – May 1999
Preceded by	Air Marshal Al-Amin Daggash
Succeeded by	Maj-Gen P.G. Sha
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-01) 1 October 1949 (age 74) Northern Region, British Nigeria (present-day Kano State, Nigeria)
Education	Nigerian Defence Academy Ahmadu Bello University (LL.B.)
Occupation	Politician military officer lawyer
Military service
Allegiance	Nigeria
Branch/service	Nigerian Army
Years of service	1968–1999
Rank	Major general

Bashir Salihi Magashi CFR CON (born 1 October 1949) is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the defence minister of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023.^[1] He served as governor of Sokoto State from August 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida,^[2] and as commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy from 1998 to 1999.