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Olusegun Obasanjo

Military · Politician

Olusegun Obasanjo is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Obasanjo Olusegun · Olesegun Obasanjo · Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo · Olusegun Obasanjo · Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ · 11 more...				[sources]
Other name	Baba Iyabo · Baba Sege · Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo · Gen Olusegun Obasanjo · Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo · 16 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	OBJ · Obansanjo · Obasanjo · Обасанджо · أوباسانجو · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1937-03-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Abeokuta				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Olusegun				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q202006				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of the African Union (2004-2006) · President of Nigeria (1976-1979) · President of Nigeria (1999-2007) · Vice President of Nigeria (1975-1976)				[sources]
Education	Baptist Boys’ High School · Defence Services Staff College · Mons Officer Cadet School · Royal College of Defence Studies				[sources]
Religion	Baptists · Protestantism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-25	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-25

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello Politician	child	-	-
Stella Obasanjo Politician	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Vice President of Nigeria	1975-07-29	1976-02-13
President of Nigeria	1999-05-29

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Oluremi Obasanjo Politician	spouse	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,106

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,395

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,078

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,039

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-olusegun-matthew-okikiola-aremu-obasanjo-district-ogun

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