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The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple ministries which made policy planning difficult. Nigeria adopted the constitution of the Fourth Republic on May 29, 1999.
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The founding of the Fourth Republic (1999)
Following the death of military dictator and defacto ruler of Nigeria, General Sani Abacha in 1998, his successor General Abdusalami Abubakar initiated the transition which heralded Nigeria's return to democratic rule in 1999. The ban on political activities was lifted, and political prisoners were released from detention facilities. The constitution was styled after the ill fated Second Republic — which saw the Westminster system of government jettisoned for an American Presidential system. Political parties were formed (PDP, ANPP, and AD), and elections were set for April 1999. The widely monitored 1999 election saw the election of former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo on the PDP platform. On 29 May 1999, Obasanjo was sworn in as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In the controversial general election on 21 April 2007, Umaru Yar'Adua of the PDP was elected President.
Presidents
| President | Term | Party |
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| Olusegun Obasanjo | 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 | PDP |
| Umaru Yar'Adua | 29 May 2007 – Incumbent | PDP |
Political Parties
- Action Congress (AC)
- Alliance for Democracy (AD)
- All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
- All People's Party (APP)
- All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
- Democractic people's Alliance (DPA)
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- New Democrats (ND)
- People's Democratic Party (PDP)
- Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
- People's Redemption Party (PRP)
- People's Salvation Party (PSP)
- United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
- Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
- Communist Party of Nigeria (CPN)
- Justice Party (JP)
- Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
Constitutional Amendments
See also
- Nigerian First Republic (1963–66)
- Nigerian Second Republic (1979–83)
- Nigerian Third Republic (1993)
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