Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (born 9 May 1936 in Lagos south-west Nigeria) is a British-trained Nigerian lawyer industrialist politician and traditional chieftain. He was appointed as interim president of Nigeria by General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. Babangida resigned under pressure to cede control to a democratic government.
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