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Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi is a Christian from Abia state in the South-East region of the country. He was born on March 3, 1924.
Ruled from
January 1966 to
July 1966
Took power after a coup but was in office for only a few months before he was overthrown and killed in a counter-coup.
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