Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and ...

's tenure as the 14th

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began on 5 May 2010 following the

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of President Yar'Adua and ended on 29 May 2015. He had been

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for days when he succeeded to the presidency. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party from

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, he ran for and won a full four-year term in the 2011 election, winning in a landslide over retired general

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...

of the

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. His presidency ended with defeat in the 2015 presidential election to the

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candidate, General Buhari after one full four-year term in office.

Cabinet

Personnel

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- Mike Ogidamohe ** Principal Private Secretary - Ambassador Hassan Ardo Tukur * National Security Adviser - Sambo Dasuki * Secretary to the Government -

Anyim Pius Anyim Anyim Pius Anyim (born 19 February 1961) is a Nigerian politician who served as the 9th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2000 to 2003, he was Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during the Goodluck Jonathan presidency. He ...

* Head of Civil Service - Bello Sali

Economic policy

The Jonathan Administration launched the Transformation Agenda which was designed to improve the productive capacity of the Nigerian economy by increasing the level of human capital development/accumulation.

SURE-P

Upon the partial removal of petrol subsidies, the Jonathan administration instituted a subsidy re-investment programme designed to spend the money saved from partial petrol price deregulation on physical infrastructure across the country. The

SURE-P The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program known as 'SURE-P is a scheme established by the Nigeria, Federal Government of Nigeria during the Jonathan Administration, to re-investing the Federal Government savings from fuel subsidy removal on ...

was also intended to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality.

References

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