Tukur Yusuf Buratai
Tukur Yusuf Buratai | |
|---|---|
Buratai in 2018 | |
| Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 16 July 2015 – 28 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah |
| Succeeded by | Lt-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru |
| Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force | |
| In office May 2014 – July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Brig-Gen. E. Ransome-Kuti |
| Succeeded by | Maj-Gen. Iliya Abbah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1960 |
| Alma mater | Nigerian Defence Academy University of Maiduguri |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nigeria |
| Branch/service | Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1981 – 2021 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Multinational Joint Task Force |
| Battles/wars | Boko Haram Insurgency War Conflict in the Niger Delta |
Tukur Yusuf Buratai (ⓘ) CFR psc(+) NAM GSS ndc (BD) (born 24 November 1960) is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general, former Chief of Army Staff (appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2015), and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command, administrative, and instructional appointments.