Premier of Eastern Nigeria

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The Premier of Eastern Nigeria was the head of government of the former Eastern Region in colonial and early post-colonial Nigeria, a role notably held by nationalist leader Nnamdi Azikiwe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Premier of Eastern Nigeria canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Nigeria
appointedBy Governor of Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
Governor-General of Nigeria ⓘ
Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
associatedWithMovement Nigerian nationalism ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countryAfterIndependence Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria
countryDuringTerm Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria ⓘ
Federation of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Nigeria
dissolvedJurisdiction Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Nigeria
hasGovernmentalFunction executive leadership of Eastern Region ⓘ
head of regional cabinet ⓘ
implementation of regional laws ⓘ
historicalRegion Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Nigeria

Nigeria ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Michael Okpara ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
officeConnectedTo Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly ⓘ
officeCreatedForJurisdiction Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Nigeria
officeHolder Eyo Ita ⓘ
Francis Akanu Ibiam ⓘ
linked to: Akanu Ibiam

Michael Okpara ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
officeType premier ⓘ
partOf Government of Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
politicalSystem parliamentary system ⓘ
positionHeldBy Eyo Ita ⓘ
Francis Akanu Ibiam ⓘ
linked to: Akanu Ibiam

Michael Okpara ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
replacedByOffice Governor of East-Central State ⓘ
Governor of Rivers State ⓘ
Governor of South-Eastern State ⓘ
seat Enugu ⓘ
subordinateTo Governor of Eastern Region, Nigeria ⓘ
Governor-General of Nigeria ⓘ
Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
usedInPeriod early post-colonial era of Nigeria ⓘ
late colonial era of Nigeria ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nnamdi Azikiwe → positionHeld → Premier of Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe → positionHeld → Premier of Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: Nnamdi
Zik → positionHeld → Premier of Eastern Nigeria ⓘ