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{{Short description|7th and 15th President of Nigeria (1983-85, 2015-present)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder|
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Federal Republic|GCFR]]
| image = Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (cropped3).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2015
| imagesize = 230px
| order = [[List of heads of state of Nigeria|7th and 15th]]
| office = President of Nigeria
| term_start = 29 May 2015
| term_end =
| vicepresident = [[Yemi Osinbajo]]
| predecessor = [[Goodluck Jonathan]]
| successor =
| term_start1 = 31 December 1983
| term_end1 = 27 August 1985 {{small|as [[Military Head of State of Nigeria]]}}
| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Chief of Staff}}
| 1namedata1 = [[Tunde Idiagbon]]
| predecessor1 = [[Shehu Shagari]]
| successor1 = [[Ibrahim Babangida]]
| office2 = [[Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Nigeria)|Federal Minister of Petroleum Resources]]
| term_start2 = 11 November 2015
| term_end2 =
| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Minister of State}}
| 1namedata2 = [[Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu]] [[Timipre Sylva]]
| predecessor2 = [[Diezani Allison-Madueke]]
| successor2 =
| term_start3 = March 1976
| term_end3 = June 1978 as {{small|[[Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Nigeria)|Federal Commissioner of Petroleum and Natural Resources]]}}
| 1blankname3 = {{nowrap|Head of State}}
| 1namedata3 = [[Olusegun Obasanjo]]
| office4 = [[Governor of Borno State]]
| term_start4 = 3 February 1975
| term_end4 = 15 March 1976
| predecessor4 = ''Office established''
| successor4 = [[Mustapha Amin]]
| term_start5 = 1 August 1975
| term_end5 = 3 February 1976 as {{small|[[North-Eastern State|Governor of the North-Eastern State]]}}
| predecessor5 = [[Musa Usman]]
| successor5 = ''Office abolished''
| 1blankname5 = {{nowrap|Head of State}}
| 1namedata5 = [[Murtala Mohammed]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|17|df=y}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Daura]], [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]], [[Colonial Nigeria|British Nigeria]] (now [[Daura]], Nigeria)
| nationality = Nigerian
| party = [[All Progressives Congress]] (2013–)
| otherparty = [[Congress for Progressive Change]] (2010–2013) [[All Nigeria Peoples Party]] (2002–2010)
| spouse = {{plainlist|*{{marriage|[[Safinatu Buhari|Safinatu Yusuf]]|1971|1988|end=div}}
*{{marriage|[[Aisha Buhari|Aisha Halilu]]|1989}}}}
| relations =
| children = {{Collapsible list
|titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|title = 10
|1=Zulaihat (deceased)|2=Fatima |3=Musa (deceased) |4=Hadiza |5=Safinatu |6=Aisha |7=Halima |8=Yusuf |9=Zarah |10=Amina
}}
| alma_mater = [[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]] [[Mons Officer Cadet School]] [[United States Army War College|U.S. Army War College]]<ref name="Paden">{{cite book |last=Paden |first=John |date=2016 |title=Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria |publisher=Roaring Forties Press |isbn=978-1-938901-64-5}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://statehouse.gov.ng|Official website}}
| branch = [[File:Flag of the Nigerian Army Headquarters.svg|21px]] [[Nigerian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1961–1985
| rank = [[Major general]]
| allegiance = {{flag|Nigeria}}
| battles = [[Nigerian Civil War]] [[Chadian–Nigerian War]]
}}
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|caption1 = [[President of Nigeria|Presidential seal]]
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'''Muhammadu Buhari''' {{post-nominals|country=NG|post-noms=[[Order of the Federal Republic|GCFR]]}} (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian [[politician]] who has been [[President of Nigeria]] since 2015.

Buhari is a retired [[Nigerian Army]] Major General and has served as [[Military Head of State of Nigeria|military head of state]] in Nigeria between 1983 to 1985, after taking power in a [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|military coup d'état]].<ref name="Buhari-Idiagbon">{{cite web |url=http://www.dawodu.com/buhari.htm |title=Military Regime of Buhari and Idiagbon, January 1984 – August 1985 |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074423/http://www.dawodu.com/buhari.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Siollun">{{cite news |url=http://www.dawodu.com/siollun3.htm |title=Buhari and Idiagbon: A Missed Opportunity for Nigeria |author=Max Siollun |publisher=Dawodu.com |date=October 2003 |access-date=12 September 2013 |author-link=Max Siollun |archive-date=6 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406090246/http://www.dawodu.com/siollun3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The term [[Buharism]] is ascribed to the authoritarian policies of his [[military]] regime.<ref name="Sanusi">{{cite news |url=http://www.gamji.com/sanusi/sanusi26.htm |title=Buharism: Economic Theory and Political Economy |author=Sanusi Lamido Sanusi |location=[[Lagos]] |date=22 July 2002 |access-date=12 September 2013 |author-link=Sanusi Lamido Sanusi |archive-date=12 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312155444/http://www.gamji.com/sanusi/sanusi26.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Nura">{{cite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201009140173.html |title=Nigeria: The Spontaneous 'Buharism' Explosion in the Polity |author=Mohammed Nura |newspaper=[[Leadership (Nigeria)]] |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629075850/http://allafrica.com/stories/201009140173.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Buhari has said 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".<ref>{{cite speech|title=Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria's Transition|first=Muhammadu|last=Buhari|location=[[Chatham House]], London|date=26 February 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNiKgdhYcKI&t=22m00s|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-date=27 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227082832/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNiKgdhYcKI&t=22m00s|url-status=live}}</ref>

Buhari ran for president of Nigeria in [[2003 Nigerian presidential election|2003]], [[2007 Nigerian general election|2007]], and [[2011 Nigerian presidential election|2011]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-12|title=The frustrations of Buhari from 2003 to 2011|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/the-frustrations-of-buhari-from-2003-to-2011/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001112806/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/the-frustrations-of-buhari-from-2003-to-2011/|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-04-01|title=Nigeria election: Muhammadu Buhari wins presidency|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32139858|access-date=2021-09-23|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110022117/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32139858|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[All Progressives Congress]] party for the [[2015 Nigerian general election|2015 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-31|title=Buhari in historic election win, emerges Nigeria's President-elect {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/180374-buhari-in-historic-election-win-emerges-nigerias-president-elect.html|access-date=2021-10-01|language=en-GB|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001113036/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/180374-buhari-in-historic-election-win-emerges-nigerias-president-elect.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Buhari won the election, defeating incumbent President [[Goodluck Jonathan|Goodluck Ebele Jonathan]]. This was the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost a general election. He was [[Inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari|sworn in]] on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was [[2019 Nigerian general election|re-elected]], defeating his closest rival former Vice President [[Atiku Abubakar]] by over 3 million votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://punchng.com/breaking-inec-declares-buhari-winner-of-2019-presidential-election/|title=UPDATED: Buhari wins second term|website=Punch Newspapers|date=27 February 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30|archive-date=6 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906151856/https://punchng.com/breaking-inec-declares-buhari-winner-of-2019-presidential-election/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Stephanie Busari and Aanu Adeoye, for|title=Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari reelected, but opponent rejects results|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/africa/buhari-wins-nigeria-election-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-10-01|website=CNN|date=27 February 2019|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001113245/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/africa/buhari-wins-nigeria-election-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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