Happy 73rd birthday to the president of federal Republic of Nigeria (PHOTO and biography)

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President of NigeriaIncumbentAssumed office29 May 2015Vice PresidentYemi OsinbajoPreceded byGoodluck JonathanFederal Minister of Petroleum ResourcesIncumbentAssumed office11 November 2015Preceded byDiezani Allison-MaduekeHead of State of NigeriaIn office31 December 1983 – 27 August 1985Vice PresidentTunde Idiagbonas Chief ofStaff, Supreme HeadquartersPreceded byShehu ShagariSucceeded byIbrahim BabangidaGovernor of theNortheastern StateIn officeAugust 1975 – March 1976Preceded byMusa UsmanSucceeded byPosition abolishedFederal Commissioner of Petroleum and Natural ResourcesIn officeMarch 1976 – June 1978Personal detailsBorn17 December 1942(age 72)Daura,Northern Region,Colonial Nigeria[1][2](now:Daura,Katsina State)NationalityNigerianPolitical partyAll Progressives CongressSpouse(s)Safinatu Yusuf(m. 1971–88)Aisha Halilu(m. 1989)Children10ZulaihatDeceasedFatimaMusaDeceasedHadizaSafinatuAishaHalimaYusufZarahAminaAlma materNigerian Military Training CollegeMons Officer Cadet SchoolU.S. Army War College[3]ReligionIslamWebsitethisisbuhari.comMilitary serviceNickname(s)GMB, Baba Go Slow[4][5]Allegiance NigeriaService/branchNigerian ArmyYears of service1961–1985RankMajor GeneralMuhammadu BuhariGCFR(born 17 December 1942) is thePresident of Nigeria. He is a retiredNigerian Armymajor generaland was Head of State ofNigeriafrom 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in amilitary coup d'état.[6][7]The termBuharismis ascribed to the Buhari military government.[8][9]He unsuccessfully ran for the office of President in the2003,2007and2011general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of theAll Progressives Congressfor theMarch 2015 general elections. Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent PresidentGoodluck Jonathan. This marked the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. He wassworn inon 29 May 2015.Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a "converted democrat".[10]Early lifeMuhammadu Buhari was born on 17 December 1942, inDaura, Katsina State, tohis father Adamu and mother Zulaihat. He is the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about four years old.[11]He attended primary school in Daura and Mai'adua before proceeding to Katsina Model School in 1953, and to Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College Katsina) from 1956 to 1961.Military careerBuhari joined theNigerian Armyby enrolling in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) in 1961. In February 1964, the college was upgraded to an officer commissioning unit of theNigerian Armyand renamed theNigerian Defence Academy(NDA) (prior to 1964, the Nigerian government sent cadets who had completed their NMTC preliminary training to mostlyCommonwealthmilitary academies[12][13][14]for officer cadettraining). From 1962 to 1963, Buhari underwent officer cadet training atMons Officer Cadet SchoolinAldershotinEngland.In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned a second lieutenant, and appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion inAbeokuta,Nigeria. From November 1963 to January 1964, Buhari attended the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military Training College,Kaduna. In 1964,he facilitated his military training by attending the Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden,United Kingdom.From 1965 to 1967, Buhari served as Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion and appointedBrigade Major, Second Sector, First Infantry Division, April1967 to July 1967.Buhari was madeBrigade Majorof the Third Infantry Brigade, July 1967 to October 1968 and Brigade Major/Commandant, Thirty-first Infantry Brigade, 1970 to 1971.Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-General, First Infantry Division Headquarters, from 1971 to 1972. He also attended theDefence Services Staff College, Wellington, India, in 1973.[15]From 1974 to 1975 Buhari was Acting Director of Transport and Supply at the Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport Headquarters.[16]He was also Military Secretary at the Army Headquarters from 1978 to 1979 and was a member of the Supreme Military Council from 1978 to 1979.From 1979 to 1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari (class of 1980) attended theUS Army War CollegeinCarlisle, Pennsylvania, in theUnited States, and gained aMastersDegreeinStrategic Studies.[17][18]Upon completion of the on-campus full-time resident program lasting ten months and the two-year-long, distance learning program, theUnited States Army War College(USAWC) college awards its graduate officers a master's degree in Strategic Studies.Other roles include:*.General Officer Commanding, 4th InfantryDivision, August 1980 – January 1981[19]*.General Officer Commanding, 2nd Mechanised Infantry Division, January 1981 – October 1981[20]*.General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armed Division Nigerian Army, October 1981 – December 1983.