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Yakubu Gowon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Profile of Yakubu Gowon, former military ruler of Nigeria ... Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon became head of the Federal Military Government and Supreme Commander of the Armed forces on August, 1966. At 32 he was Africa's youngest head of state. This followed a brilliant Army career which began in 1954, a year after he...
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The army put down (1967—70) the secessionist Biafran government of General Ojukwu independent of Gowon, but he led Nigerian reconciliation through his personal influence, becoming a major African leader by 1975. While out of the country in 1975, ... Yahoo! Education > Reference > Encyclopedia > Gowon, Yakubu...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gowon, Yakubu. Gowon, Yakubu. Information about Gowon, Yakubu in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Gowon, Yakubu; Goya; Goya, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van; Goyescas; Gozo; Gozzano, Guido Gustavo; Gozzi, Count Carlo;
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Yakubu Gowon. Yakubu Gowon. Information about Yakubu Gowon in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... (redirected from Yakubu Gowon)
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Yakubu Gowon was born on October 1934 and would become the head of state of Nigeria from 1966 until 1975. Yakubu Gowon was a graduate of the University of Warwick and was also known as Jack. Gowon took the head of state position after a coup d etat in 1966 and would eventually be overthrown in a similar situation.
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Home > Oxford Dictionary of World History > Gowon, Yakubu ... Gowon, Yakubu ( 1934 – ); Nigerian general and statesman, head of state ( 1966 – 75 ). He seized power in 1966 , ousting the leader of an earlier military coup.
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GOWON, Yakubu. (1934– ), head of the federal military government of Nigeria (1966–75). Gowon received his military training at Sandhurst, England. From 1967 to 1970, Gowon directed the military effort to subjugate Biafra.
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