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3144:
3141:
3140:
3138:
3134:
3128:
3125:
3123:
3120:
3119:
3116:
3113:
3111:Supranational
3109:
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2680:South Vietnam
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2377:United States
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2029:
2027:
2024:
2022:
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2014:
2012:
2009:
2007:
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1969:
1967:
1964:
1962:
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1939:
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1932:
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1927:
1924:
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1909:
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1902:
1899:
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1889:
1887:
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1879:
1878:
1875:
1872:
1868:
1864:
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1857:
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1825:
1813:
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1729:
1728:
1725:
1719:
1716:
1715:
1714:
1711:
1707:
1704:
1703:
1702:
1701:Nigerian Navy
1699:
1695:
1692:
1691:
1690:
1689:Nigerian Army
1687:
1686:
1685:
1682:
1681:
1679:
1677:
1673:
1667:
1662:
1658:
1654:
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1579:
1576:
1573:
1570:
1567:
1564:
1561:
1558:
1555:
1552:
1549:
1546:
1545:Ibrahim Ogohi
1543:
1540:
1537:
1534:
1531:
1528:
1525:
1522:
1519:
1516:
1513:
1510:
1507:
1504:
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1496:
1492:
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1478:
1473:
1471:
1466:
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1456:
1453:
1452:
1431:
1427:
1421:
1406:
1402:
1396:
1392:
1379:
1377:
1376:Nigerian Army
1366:
1363:
1361:
1358:
1355:
1349:
1348:
1339:
1334:
1328:
1325:
1324:
1320:
1318:
1317:Nigerian Army
1307:
1304:
1301:
1298:
1292:
1291:
1284:Irabor, Lucky
1282:
1277:
1271:
1268:
1267:
1263:
1261:
1260:Nigerian Army
1250:
1247:
1244:
1241:
1235:
1234:
1225:
1220:
1214:
1211:
1210:
1206:
1204:
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1190:
1187:
1184:
1178:
1177:
1168:
1163:
1157:
1154:
1153:
1149:
1147:
1146:Nigerian Navy
1136:
1133:
1130:
1127:
1121:
1120:
1111:
1106:
1100:
1097:
1096:
1092:
1090:
1079:
1076:
1073:
1070:
1064:
1063:
1054:
1049:
1043:
1040:
1039:
1035:
1033:
1022:
1019:
1016:
1013:
1007:
1006:
997:
992:
986:
983:
982:
978:
976:
975:Nigerian Army
965:
962:
959:
956:
950:
949:
940:
935:
929:
926:
925:
921:
919:
918:Nigerian Army
908:
906:358 days
905:
902:
899:
896:
886:
885:
876:
871:
865:
862:
861:
857:
855:
854:Nigerian Army
844:
841:
838:
835:
829:
828:
819:
814:
808:
805:
804:
800:
798:
797:Nigerian Navy
787:
784:
781:
778:
772:
771:
770:Ibrahim Ogohi
762:
757:
751:
748:
747:
743:
741:
730:
728:354 days
727:
724:
721:
715:
714:
705:
700:
694:
691:
690:
686:
684:
683:Nigerian Army
673:
671:170 days
670:
667:
664:
654:
653:
648:Major General
644:
639:
633:
630:
629:
625:
623:
622:Nigerian Army
612:
609:
606:
603:
600:
591:
590:
583:Diya, Oladipo
581:
576:
570:
567:
566:
562:
560:
559:Nigerian Army
549:
546:
543:
540:
530:
529:
520:
515:
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498:Nigerian Army
488:
485:
482:
479:
476:
467:
466:
457:
452:
446:
443:
442:
438:
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435:Nigerian Army
425:
422:
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416:
410:
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400:
395:
389:
386:
385:
381:
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378:Nigerian Army
368:
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360:15 April 1980
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90:
86:
82:
79:
75:
68:
65:
57:
50:
43:
38:
33:
30:
19:
3046:Soviet Union
3021:East Germany
3016:Nazi Germany
2970:Transnistria
2608:Turkmenistan
2578:Saudi Arabia
2101:South Africa
2091:Sierra Leone
2065:
1901:Burkina Faso
1860:
1782:Intelligence
1599:Lucky Irabor
1527:Oladipo Diya
1521:Sanni Abacha
1490:
1434:. Retrieved
1429:
1420:
1408:. Retrieved
1404:
1395:
1359:
1356:23 June 2023
1345:
1302:23 June 2023
1290:Lucky Irabor
1288:
1242:21 July 2015
1231:
1188:21 July 2015
1174:
1117:
1113:Ibrahim, Ola
1060:
1003:
946:
882:
836:27 June 2003
825:
782:27 June 2003
768:
711:
650:
589:Oladipo Diya
587:
526:
522:Abacha, Sani
463:
459:Bali, Domkat
406:
402:Jalo, Gibson
349:
293:
268:
264:Armed Forces
253:
244:Lucky Irabor
237:
226:
205:
201:
199:
175:First holder
84:Abbreviation
29:
3143:Warsaw Pact
3085:New Zealand
2935:states with
2905:Switzerland
2850:Netherlands
2638:states with
2568:Philippines
2508:South Korea
2503:North Korea
2441:PR of China
2411:Afghanistan
2302:El Salvador
2149:states with
2106:South Sudan
2001:Ivory Coast
1601:(2021–2023)
1595:(2015–2021)
1589:(2014–2015)
1583:(2012–2014)
1581:Ola Ibrahim
1577:(2010–2012)
1571:(2008–2010)
1565:(2007–2008)
1559:(2006–2007)
1553:(2003–2006)
1547:(1999–2003)
1541:(1998–1999)
1535:(1993–1998)
1529:(1993–1993)
1523:(1990–1993)
1517:(1984–1990)
1515:Domkat Bali
1511:(1981–1983)
1509:Gibson Jalo
1505:(1980–1981)
1352:(born 1967)
1295:(born 1965)
1238:(born 1961)
1181:(1957–2018)
1170:Badeh, Alex
1124:(born 1955)
1119:Ola Ibrahim
1067:(born 1955)
1010:(born 1950)
957:25 May 2007
953:(1952–2012)
903:25 May 2007
900:1 June 2006
889:(born 1948)
839:1 June 2006
832:(born 1949)
779:29 May 1999
775:(1948–2024)
725:29 May 1999
722:9 June 1998
718:(born 1942)
709:Air Marshal
668:9 June 1998
657:(born 1942)
594:(1944–2023)
541:August 1990
533:(1943–1998)
528:Sani Abacha
483:August 1990
470:(1940–2020)
465:Domkat Bali
413:(1939–2000)
408:Gibson Jalo
356:(born 1939)
314:Left office
311:Took office
3162:Categories
3051:Yugoslavia
2845:Montenegro
2822:Luxembourg
2719:Azerbaijan
2618:Uzbekistan
2598:Tajikistan
2518:Kyrgyzstan
2498:Kazakhstan
2446:East Timor
2421:Bangladesh
2159:Somaliland
2086:Seychelles
2051:Mozambique
2041:Mauritania
2026:Madagascar
1916:Cape Verde
1387:References
999:Dike, Paul
109:Reports to
3075:Australia
2827:Macedonia
2817:Lithuania
2675:Manchukuo
2671:Mengjiang
2588:Sri Lanka
2583:Singapore
2456:Indonesia
2387:Venezuela
2347:Nicaragua
2307:Guatemala
2242:Argentina
1569:Paul Dike
1360:Incumbent
1005:Paul Dike
305:Portrait
156:Formation
131:Appointer
92:Member of
61:Incumbent
2945:Abkhazia
2890:Slovenia
2885:Slovakia
2865:Portugal
2739:Bulgaria
2603:Thailand
2563:Pakistan
2543:Mongolia
2538:Maldives
2533:Malaysia
2436:Cambodia
2367:Suriname
2352:Paraguay
2322:Honduras
2282:Colombia
2252:Barbados
2226:Americas
2203:Transkei
2198:Rhodesia
2139:Zimbabwe
2116:Tanzania
1971:Ethiopia
1966:Eswatini
1946:Djibouti
1936:DR Congo
1911:Cameroon
1896:Botswana
1676:Military
1649:Military
1436:16 April
216:and the
3099:Vanuatu
3064:Oceania
3006:Prussia
2950:Artsakh
2925:Vatican
2915:Ukraine
2870:Romania
2837:Moldova
2802:Ireland
2798:Iceland
2794:Hungary
2784:Georgia
2779:Germany
2769:Finland
2764:Estonia
2759:Denmark
2744:Croatia
2729:Belgium
2724:Belarus
2714:Austria
2709:Armenia
2704:Albania
2623:Vietnam
2548:Myanmar
2528:Lebanon
2416:Bahrain
2382:Uruguay
2331:Mexico
2327:Jamaica
2297:Ecuador
2262:Bolivia
2247:Bahamas
2126:Tunisia
2096:Somalia
2081:Senegal
2066:Nigeria
2056:Namibia
2046:Morocco
2016:Liberia
2011:Lesotho
1961:Eritrea
1931:Comoros
1906:Burundi
1881:Algeria
1661:Nigeria
1607:(2023–)
1343:General
1286:General
1229:General
1115:Admiral
944:General
880:General
823:General
766:Admiral
524:General
461:General
185:Website
165: (
64:General
3136:former
2979:former
2955:Kosovo
2910:Turkey
2900:Sweden
2880:Serbia
2875:Russia
2860:Poland
2855:Norway
2841:Monaco
2812:Latvia
2789:Greece
2774:France
2749:Cyprus
2693:Europe
2657:former
2513:Kuwait
2493:Jordan
2483:Israel
2431:Brunei
2426:Bhutan
2312:Guyana
2272:Canada
2267:Brazil
2257:Belize
2183:Ciskei
2174:Biafra
2168:former
2135:Zambia
2131:Uganda
2071:Rwanda
2031:Malawi
1991:Guinea
1981:Gambia
1886:Angola
1870:Africa
1410:9 July
1373:
1314:
1257:
1200:
1143:
1086:
1029:
972:
915:
895:UNAMID
851:
794:
737:
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2451:India
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2277:Chile
2213:Zaire
2208:Venda
2111:Sudan
2061:Niger
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2006:Kenya
1986:Ghana
1976:Gabon
1951:Egypt
1891:Benin
3127:NATO
3080:Fiji
2558:Oman
2523:Laos
2478:Iraq
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