Hassan Katsina

Hassan Usman Katsina
Governor of Northern Nigeria Seal of The Governor of Northern Nigeria
In office 16 January 1966 – 27 May 1967
Preceded by	Kashim Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Joseph Gomwalk (Benue-Plateau) Audu Bako (Kano) David Bamigboye (Kwara) Abba Kyari (North Central) Musa Usman (North Eastern) Usman Faruk (North Western)
Chief of Army Staff
In office May 1968 – January 1971
Preceded by	Joseph Akahan
Succeeded by	David Ejoor
Personal details
Born	31 March 1933 Katsina
Died	24 July 1995(1995-07-24) (aged 62) Kaduna
Alma mater	Barewa College Mons Officer Cadet School Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Awards	Congo Medal, Independence Medal,
Military service
Allegiance	Federal Republic of Nigeria
Service/branch	Nigerian Army
Years of service	1956–1975
Rank	Major General
Unit	Supreme Military Council, Army HQ, Recce Squadron.
Commands	2nd battalion

Hassan Katsina (31 March 1933 – 24 July 1995) was a Nigerian Army Major General and son of Usman Nagogo, the Emir of Katsina from 1944 to 1981. He was governor of the Northern Region of Nigeria from 1966 to 1967. During the Nigerian civil war, he was the Chief of Staff, Army and later became the deputy Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters under the administration of General Yakubu Gowon.

Hassan Usman Katsina was born in Katsina to the royal house of Nagogo in 1933. He attended Kankiya Elementary School and Katsina Middle School. After finishing middle school, he went to Barewa College, Zaria and the Nigerian School of Arts, Sciences and Technology also in Zaria. He joined the Nigerian army in 1956.

Hassan Katsina rose through the ranks of the Nigerian military from a 2nd lieutenant in 1958, to become a Major General and member of the Supreme Military Council by 1975. Then, he had become a prominent and senior Northern military officer, who had linkages with the traditional authorities in the north and the perception of a genteel character to many Nigerians in general. He served both as an apolitical army officer, early on in his career and a political appointee under a federal military regime from 1966 to 1975.

Immediately after joining the army in 1956, he underwent training in a few institutions such as the Mons Officer Cadet School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst where he was course mates with Iliya Bisalla. He became a Lt Col in 1966, after which, he was made the governor of the Northern province of Nigeria. He died on 24 July 1995.