Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Alhaji_Abubakar_Tafawa_Balewa
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_London_Institute_of_Education
gptkb:Barewa_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Grand_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Federal_Republic
gptkbp:birthDate 1912-12-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bauchi,_Nigeria
gptkbp:children gptkb:Bilkisu_Tafawa_Balewa
gptkb:Yakubu_Tafawa_Balewa
gptkbp:deathDate 1966-01-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lagos,_Nigeria
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Bauchi
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
gptkbp:languageSpoken English
Hausa
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Nigerian
gptkbp:notableEvent assassinated during 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
gptkbp:notableWork Nigeria's independence movement
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:teacher
politician
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Northern_People's_Congress
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_Nigeria
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:signature Abubakar_Tafawa_Balewa_Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse Jummai Balewa
Umma Balewa
Zainab Balewa
Fatima Balewa
gptkbp:termEnd 1966-01-15
gptkbp:termStart 1960-10-01
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hausa_language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6