Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (born 9 May 1936 in Lagos, Colonial 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. Shonekan's transitional administration only lasted three months, as a palace coup led by General Sani Abacha forcefully dismantled the remaining democratic institutions and brought the government back under military control on 17 November 1993.

Prior to his political career, Shonekan was the chief executive of the United African Company of Nigeria PLC (UAC), a large Nigerian conglomerate.

hakeem4:
Baba don old



I won't be surprised if he runs for 2019 elections

hakeem4:
Baba don old



I won't be surprised if he runs for 2019 elections

donmalcolm21:
He stil looks fit than buhari that's 75

Keneking:
Who Ernest Shonekan epp sef

No wonder UAC is old

IamPatriotic:
There is nothing worth celebrating in the this man, except for his age, he would have been a national icon if had handed over reign of power to Chief MKO Abiola the winner the most fair and credible election to have ever conducted in Nigeria.
Instead, he sat tight until a despotic Abacha over threw the coward.