Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nnamdi Azikiwe (
November 16,
1904 -
1996) was
Nigeria's first president. He graduated from
Lincoln University in
Pennsylvania in 1930, returned to Africa to enter politics, and in 1953 became leader of Nigeria's Eastern Region. On the granting of Nigeria's independence in
1960 he gained the office of
governor-general, and with the proclamation of a republic in
1963 he became president. He was removed in the military coup of
1966.
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