Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
President of Nigeria
Died when: 58 years 262 days (704 months)Star Sign: Leo
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua GCFR (16 August 1951 – 5 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who, was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010.He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.
He served previously as the governor of Katsina state from 1999 to 2007; and was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In 2009, Yar'Adua left for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for pericarditis.He returned to Nigeria on 24 February 2010, but died on 5 May.
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