Bola Tinubu | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 16th President of Nigeria | |
| Assumed office 29 May 2023 | |
| Vice President | Kashim Shettima |
| Preceded by | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Minister of Petroleum Resources | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2023 | |
| President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Muhammadu Buhari |
| 12th Governor of Lagos State | |
| In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 | |
| Deputy | Kofoworola Bucknor Femi Pedro Abiodun Ogunleye |
| Preceded by | Buba Marwa |
| Succeeded by | Babatunde Fashola |
| Member of the Nigerian Senate for Lagos West | |
| In office 5 December 1992 – 17 November 1993 | |
| Succeeded by | Wahab Dosunmu (1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu 29 March 1952 Lagos, British Nigeria |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 |
| Relatives | Abibatu Mogaji (mother) Wale Tinubu (nephew) |
| Education | |
| Website | State House website |
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who has served as the 16th president of Nigeria since 2023.[1] He was previously the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic.
Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to the United States where he studied accounting at Chicago State University. He returned to Nigeria in the early 1990s and was employed by Mobil Nigeria as an accountant, before entering politics as a Lagos West senatorial candidate in 1992 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party. After the military head of state Sani Abacha dissolved the Senate in 1993, Tinubu became an activist campaigning for the return of democracy as a part of the National Democratic Coalition movement.
In the first post-transition Lagos State gubernatorial election, Tinubu won by a wide margin as a member of the Alliance for Democracy. Four years later, he won re-election to a second term. After leaving office in 2007, he played a key role in the formation of the All Progressives Congress in 2013. In 2023, he was elected president of Nigeria.
- ^ Majeed, Bakare (29 May 2023). "PROFILE: Bola Tinubu: The Kingmaker becomes Nigeria's President, 16th Leader". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 29 May 2023.