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Air Commodore Dan Suleiman was a member of General Murtala Muhammed's supreme military council in Nigeria between July 1975 and March 1976, and was military governor of Plateau State from March 1976 to July 1978 after it had been created from part of the old Benue Plateau State.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigeria: States )〕 After the return to democracy in 1999 with the Nigerian Fourth Republic, Suleiman became chairman of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), a socio-political group representing the people of the Middle Belt of Nigeria. ==Military career== Suleiman played a leading role during the Nigerian Civil War (1966–1970). He was appointed to the cabinet of General Yakubu Gowon in January 1975. As Federal Commissioner for Special Duties he was instrumental in founding the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).〔 He assisted in the military rebellion of July 29, 1975 when Gowon was deposed, replaced by General Murtala Muhammed. Following the coup, he was named a member of the Supreme Military Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brigadier Murtala Muhammed's First Address as the New Head of State - July 30, 1975 )〕 Murtala Mohammed appointed him Commissioner for Health. Suleiman was appointed the first military governor of Plateau State in Nigeria from March 1976 to July 1978, after Benue-Plateau State was divided into Benue State and Plateau State.〔 As governor, he made the progressive proposal that anyone born in Plateau State or anyone who had lived in the state for 20 years should enjoy all the rights and privileges of a native regardless of their ethnic origin. Suleiman retired in 1980 as an Air Commodore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BOARD OF DIRECTORS )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Suleiman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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