Tukur Yusuf Buratai
| Tukur Yusuf Buratai | |
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| Chief of Army Staff | |
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Assumed office July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | LT-Gen. Kenneth Minimah |
| Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force | |
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In office May 2014 – July 2015 |
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| 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
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| Service/branch |
 Nigerian Army
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| Years of service | 1981 – |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Multinational Joint Task Force |
| Battles/wars | Boko Haram Insurgency War |
Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai is the current and 26thChief of Army Staff of Nigeria, appointed to the position by President Muhammadu Buhari on July 13, 2015. He was commissioned in 1983 and has had multiple command, administrative, and instructional appointments.
General Buratai is from Buratai town, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. His father, Yusuf Buratai, was a non commissioned officer in the Royal West African Frontier Force and World War II veteran who fought in Burma. General Buratai had his primary education at Buratai town and thereafter gained admission to Government Teachers College Potiskum, Yobe State, where he graduated with distinction.
In January 1981, Buratai attended the Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna as a member of the 29 Regular Combatant Course (29 RC). On successful completion of his Officer Cadet training, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 17th December 1983 into the Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army. Buratai has a degree in History from University of Maiduguri and a degree in Philosophy from Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka. He is also a graduate of National Defence College, Mirpur.
He served in 26 Amphibious Battalion Elele, Port Harcourt, Military Observer at the United Nations Verification Mission II in Angola; later 26 Guards Battalion, Lagos; Lagos Garrison Command Camp. Lt Gen Buratai also served as administrative officer at the State House, Abuja; 82 Motorized Battalion; 81 Battalion, Bakassi Peninsular; Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja before he became a Directing Staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, earning the prestigious "Pass Staff College Dagger" (psc(+)) appellation.
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