Ernest Shonekan | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Shonekan in 2009 | |
| 9th Head of State of Nigeria | |
| Interim 26 August 1993 – 17 November 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Babangida as Military President of Nigeria |
| Succeeded by | Sani Abacha as Military Head of State of Nigeria |
| Head of Government of Nigeria | |
| In office 2 January 1993 – 17 November 1993 | |
| President | Ibrahim Babangida Himself |
| Vice President | Augustus Aikhomu |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Babangida |
| Succeeded by | Sani Abacha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1936 Lagos, British Nigeria (now Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria) |
| Died | 11 January 2022 (aged 85) Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Margaret Shonekan |
| Alma mater | University of London Harvard Business School |
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Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan GCFR (9 May 1936 – 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim head of state of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993. He was crowned the Abese of Egbaland in 1981.[1]
Prior to his political career, Shonekan was the chairman and chief executive of the United African Company of Nigeria (successor of The Niger Company), a vast Nigerian conglomerate which at the time was the largest African-controlled company in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]
- ^ "40 Egba chiefs we hardly talk about". City People Magazine. 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Stronger Moves Towards Manufacturing", Financial Times (London, England), 3 March 1986.