Umaru Musa Yar’Adua

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President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2007–2010; Governor of Katsina State, 1999–2007. A chemist by training who taught before he governed, he is remembered for personal austerity, the Niger Delta amnesty, and a public servant’s insistence on the rule of law.

Draft citation, pending ratification by the Selection Council and individual fact-verification ahead of the inaugural induction.