Yakubu Gowon
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Birth Name: Yakubu Dan-Yumma Gowon
Age: 89, born 19 October 1934
Country of origin: Nigeria
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Is the former head of state (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He took power after one military coup d'รฉtat and was overthrown in another. During his rule, the Nigerian government successfully prevented Biafran secession during the 1967โ70 Nigerian Civil War.