Shehu Shagari

Alhaji Shehu Shagari GCFR
Shagari in 1980
6th President of Nigeria
In office 1 October 1979 – 31 December 1983
Vice President	Alex Ekwueme
Preceded by	Olusegun Obasanjo as Military Head of State of Nigeria
Succeeded by	Muhammadu Buhari as Military Head of State of Nigeria
Ministerial offices Federal Commissioner for Finance In office 1971–1975 President Yakubu Gowon Preceded by Obafemi Awolowo Succeeded by Asumoh Ete Ekukinam Federal Commissioner for Economic Development, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction In office 1970–1971 President Yakubu Gowon Federal Minister of Works In office 1965–1966 Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Federal Minister of Internal Affairs In office 1962–1965 Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Preceded by Usman Sarki Succeeded by Shettima Ali Monguno Federal Minister of Pensions In office 1960–1962 Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Preceded by Musa Yar'Adua[1] Federal Minister of Economic Development In office 1959–1960 Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Federal Minister of Commerce and Industries In office 1958–1959 Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	(1925-02-25)25 February 1925 Shagari, Northern Region, British Nigeria
Died	28 December 2018(2018-12-28) (aged 93) Abuja, Nigeria
Political party	National Party of Nigeria
Spouses	Amina Shagari Hadiza Dawaiya ​ (m. 1957)​ Aisha Shagari ​ (died 2001)​
Children	Muhammad Bala Shagari Aminu Shehu Shagari Abdulrahman Shehu Shagari, amongst others
Relatives	Bello Bala Shagari (grandson)
Alma mater	Barewa College Teachers Training College, Zaria
Occupation	Politician teacher

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation^ⓘ; 25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979 giving rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.^[2]

An experienced politician, he briefly worked as a teacher before entering politics in 1951; and was elected into the House of Representatives in 1954. At various times between 1958 through independence of Nigeria in 1960 and 1975, he held a cabinet post as a federal commissioner or as a federal minister. As president, Shagari presided over the mass deportation of West African migrants in 1983, which primarily impacted Ghanaian migrants in Nigeria.^[3]