abubakar tafawa balewa was the first prime minister in nigeria.
abubakar tafawa balewa was the first prime minister in nigeria.
who was the first prime minister in nigeria?
abubakar tafawa balewa
bullet::::- politicians including mahatma gandhi (leader of the indian independence movement), jomo kenyatta (first prime minister, first president and "father of the nation" of kenya), kwame nkrumah (first prime minister, president and "founder" of ghana and "father" of african nationalism), sir seewoosagur ramgoolam (first prime minister and "father of the nation" of mauritius), chaim herzog (former president of israel), sir abubakar tafawa balewa (first prime minister of nigeria), itō hirobumi (first prime minister of japan), junichiro koizumi (former prime minister of japan), wu tingfang (acting premier during the early years of the republic of china), and sir stafford cripps (former chancellor of the exchequer);
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in july 1997, funcinpec leader norodom ranariddh, who was serving as first prime minister, was deposed by second prime minister hun sen of funcinpec's rival and coalition partner, the cambodian people's party. hun invited ung to become first prime minister to replace ranariddh. ranariddh's father, king norodom sihanouk at first refused to recognize the arrangement, but ung became first prime minister in august 1997 after being elected by parliament. when some people within funcinpec accused ung of being a puppet, he was forced to leave funcinpec and form his own party, the reastr-niyum party (populist party). in the 1998 elections, the reastr-niyum party did not gain any seats in parliament, and ung was forced to resign from the posts of first prime minister and foreign minister, leaving hun to be the sole prime minister.
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