Fourth Republic of Nigeria

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The Fourth Republic of Nigeria is the current democratic era of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, beginning in 1999 after military rule and characterized by a presidential system and multi-party elections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf period in Nigerian history ⓘ
political era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nigeria’s Fourth Republic ⓘ
characterizedBy civilian control of the military ⓘ
regular multi-party general elections ⓘ
return to constitutional rule ⓘ
constitution 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
constitutionalSystem federal system ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
currency Nigerian naira ⓘ
deputyExecutiveHeadTitle Vice President of Nigeria ⓘ
electoralBody Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
endTime ongoing ⓘ
executiveHeadTitle President of Nigeria ⓘ
firstPresident Olusegun Obasanjo ⓘ
linked to: Obasanjo
firstRulingParty People’s Democratic Party ⓘ
firstVicePresident Atiku Abubakar ⓘ
governmentForm presidential republic ⓘ
governmentSystem presidential system ⓘ
hasCapital Abuja ⓘ
hasEvent 1999 Nigerian general election ⓘ
2003 Nigerian general election ⓘ
2007 Nigerian general election ⓘ
2011 Nigerian general election ⓘ
2015 Nigerian general election ⓘ
2019 Nigerian general election ⓘ
2023 Nigerian general election ⓘ
includesAdministrativeDivisionType federal capital territory ⓘ
state of Nigeria ⓘ
judicialBranch Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ
Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
majorPoliticalParty Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ
All Nigeria Peoples Party ⓘ
All Progressives Congress ⓘ
Labour Party (Nigeria) ⓘ
People’s Democratic Party ⓘ
notableFeature first democratic transfer of presidential power between parties in 2015 ⓘ
numberOfStatesAtStart 36 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
officialName Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
politicalSystem multi-party system ⓘ
precededBy Nigerian Third Republic ⓘ
Nigerian military regime of Abdulsalami Abubakar ⓘ
Nigerian military regime of Sani Abacha ⓘ
sovereignState Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria
startEvent transition from military rule to civilian rule ⓘ
startTime 1999-05-29 ⓘ
subregion West Africa ⓘ

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Standing Orders of the Senate → usedSince → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
House of Representatives of Nigeria → establishedInPeriod → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Action Congress of Nigeria → contestedElection → 2007 Nigerian general election ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
Jagaban → politicalContext → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Fourth Republic of Nigeria → officialName → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
Fourth Republic of Nigeria → alsoKnownAs → Nigeria’s Fourth Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
Justice Party → operatedIn → Fourth Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
2003 Nigerian general election → partOf → Fourth Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
Congress for Progressive Change → operatedIn → Fourth Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
All Nigeria Peoples Party → operatedIn → Fourth Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
People's Democratic Party → dominantPeriod → Fourth Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Police Affairs → establishedInPeriod → Fourth Nigerian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Republic of Nigeria
2014 National Conference (Confab) → timePeriod → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
PDP → operatesIn → Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ