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Tukur Yusuf Buratai | |
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.jpg) Buratai in 2018 | |
| Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 16 July 2015 – 28 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah |
| Succeeded by | Lt-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru |
| Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force | |
| In office May 2014 – July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Brig-Gen. E. Ransome-Kuti |
| Succeeded by | Maj-Gen. Iliya Abbah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1960 |
| Alma mater | Nigerian Defence Academy University of Maiduguri |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1981 – 2021 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Multinational Joint Task Force |
| Battles/wars | Boko Haram Insurgency War Conflict in the Niger Delta |
Tukur Yusuf Buratai () CFR psc(+) NAM GSS ndc (BD) (born 24 November 1960) is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general, former Chief of Army Staff[1] (appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2015),[2] and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.[3] He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command, administrative, and instructional appointments.[4]
- ^ "Nigerian Army Chronicle of Command". Nigerian Army. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ George, Agba. "Major General TY Buratai New Chief Of Army Staff". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Buratai posted to Benin, Olonisakin, Cameroon". Punch Newspapers. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "ANALYSIS: Buratai: A legacy blotted by massacres, extrajudicial killings". 3 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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