2015 Nigerian general election
General elections were held in Nigeria on 28 and 29 March 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. Voters elected the President and members to the House of Representatives and the Senate. The incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, sought his second and final term.
Image: Muhammadu Buhari Chatham House cropped
Image: Goodluck Jonathan 2014
General Muhammadu Buhari holding a broom at a campaign rally.
US Secretary of State meeting the two leading candidates.
The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
President of Nigeria
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