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Do degrees really make great leaders? Or do vision, grit, and character matter more than any certificate?
From PhDs to high-school diplomas… and even some without completed degrees, the world’s most powerful decision-makers come from wildly different academic paths.
So here’s the real question: Would you choose a leader based on qualifications or performance? And where does Nigeria’s leadership fit into this global pattern? 🇳🇬
👇 Join the conversation, drop your thoughts in the comments!

Educational Qualifications of World Leaders🗣️

1) 🇮🇳 Narendra Modi: MA Political Science
2) 🇺🇸 Donald Trump: BS Economics
3) 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin: Law degree
4) 🇨🇳 Xi Jinping: BE Chemical Engineering
5) 🇵🇰 Shehbaz Sharif: BA
6) 🇰🇷 Lee Jae-myung: LLB (Law)
7) 🇿🇦 Cyril Ramaphosa: LLB (Law)
🇬🇧 Keir Starmer: Barrister (Call to the Bar) / LLB equivalent
9) 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron: Master of Public Affairs
10) 🇯🇵 Sanae Takaichi: BA (Economics/Political Science)
11) 🇩🇪 Friedrich Merz: Law degree
12) 🇨🇦 Mark Carney: MPhil Economics (Oxford)
13) 🇦🇺 Anthony Albanese: BA Economics
14) 🇸🇦 Mohammed bin Salman: Bachelor (Law/Business Studies)
15) 🇮🇱 Benjamin Netanyahu: Studies only (no completed degree at MIT/Harvard)
16) 🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni: High school diploma
17) 🇰🇵 Kim Jong-un: Physics (reported; degree status unclear)
18) 🇳🇱 Dick Schoof: MSc Public Administration
19) 🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum: PhD Energy/Environmental Engineering
20) 🇸🇬 Lawrence Wong: MPA (Harvard)
21) 🇧🇪 Bart De Wever: MA History
22) 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Law degree
23) 🇭🇺 Viktor Orbán: JD (Law)
24) 🇬🇷 Kyriakos Mitsotakis: MPA (Harvard)
25) 🇨🇴 Gustavo Petro: MA/Graduate studies in Economics
26) 🇦🇷 Javier Milei: MA Economics
27) 🇳🇬 Bola Ahmed Tinubu: BSc Accounting

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Nigeria made it to this list? Thank God. But I hear say presido finish secondary school even when the said school was yet to exist. Na true?

While a certain president obtained his secondary school leaving certificate 4 years before the school was built...

Now he is president destroying a country before finishing his 4 years in office...

Abeg, number 27 is very unclear

Wetin tinubu name dey do for there ?

Jakarta:
Nigeria made it to this list? Thank God. But I hear say presido finish secondary school even when the said school was yet to exist. Na true?

He has a degree. A degree is higher than ordinary level (GCE).

They should also state what primary schools and colleges they attended. I want to find out something.

Remove Tinubu Bsc accounting...it is fake

Here to read the comments

What about Cameroon President

Every leader must have sound education.
It's important to acquire leadership skill and exposure.
No particular course gives exceptional credence to governance.
It's all about Management and Administration.

Peter Obi.... 3rd Class (MiraKuru Center) + GCE. Republic of B-Something

yes, you are not far from true

Jakarta:
Nigeria made it to this list? Thank God. But I hear say presido finish secondary school even when the said school was yet to exist. Na true?

And consider Benjamin Netanyahu among all of them… The Real Born To Defense.

Nigeria president is one of the most intelligent presidents on the surface of the earth .

You may hate him but that will not take away the fact that he is a guru and know how to manage both financial and human resources.

He needs more time to make things good if we are all patient .

Remember our grandparents also protested of hardship back then despite having good leaders and things were not yet bad to this extent. A dollar to naira then was as low as $1=#25 yet they called the government out for bad governance.

As a yoruba man ,i want Obi tested and you will all understand that the complaints will never stop

This means that human cant be satisfied regardless.


This leaves me to conclusion that as far as there are opposition parties, there will be gnashing of teeth and complaints/protests

Mr president in view left the chat 😞
MR GOGEORY OBI

Which degree did Buhari get??
He studied NePa Bill for 5 years in Kano

Like seriously, with all glaring evidence that Tinubu forged his certificate, someone still put him there.


Kudos to law, Law degree holders are much there.

lol. Make I nor talk wetin dey my mind.

edoncast:
Nigeria president is one of the most intelligent presidents on the surface of the earth .

You may hate him but that will not take away the fact that he is a guru and know how to manage both financial and human resources.

He needs more time to make things good if we are all patient .

Remember our grandparents also protested of hardship back then despite having good leaders then and things were not yet bad to this extent.

This means that human cant be satisfied regardless.

Sure thing is that u can never satisfy human being ..

Even if the president distribute 1m each to all household who will still abuse him will still do so ..

Number 2 was bought!

How can someone with a degree in economics not know how tariffs work.

Even accusations from his own family member-Mary Trump said someone sat for exams on his behalf.

Jakarta:
Nigeria made it to this list? Thank God. But I hear say presido finish secondary school even when the said school was yet to exist. Na true?

The man who laid the foundation blocks of Lagos in his 20's

Donald Trump even confessed on TV South Sudan that he was jealous of Bola Tinubu .

Anyone who doesn't believe should go to S.Sudan to confirm.

edoncast:
Nigeria president is one of the most intelligent presidents on the surface of the earth .

You may hate him but that will not take away the fact that he is a guru and know how to manage both financial and human resources.

He needs more time to make things good if we are all patient .

Remember our grandparents also protested of hardship back then despite having good leaders then and things were not yet bad to this extent.

This means that human cant be satisfied regardless.

Did you include tinubu to mock him?
Don't you that his secondary school is still in question?.

My name go soon join the list of World Leaders.
Na small he remain now

TheChameleon:
Peter Obi.... 3rd Class (MiraKuru Center) + GCE. Republic of B-Something

He just applied for a degree in a university in anambra

When late Robert Mugabe was alive, he was the most educated leader in the whole world.

You had better remove BAT from that list. Which BSC in Accounting? Someone that is using NEPA bill.

Justnation:
Did you include tinubu to mock him?
Don't you that his secondary school is still in question?.

..that's why I wrote jagons here bro .

Tinubu is a professional in all his doings .

Either u like him or not

MadamVanessa:




Like seriously, with all glaring evidence that Tinubu forged his certificate, someone still put him there.


Kudos to law, Law degree holders are much there.

Did he become a top man at Shell back then with NEPA certificate ?

What's your dad highest qualification?

Just a question please

deeway200:
You had better remove BAT from that list. Which BSC in Accounting? Someone that is using NEPA bill.

Your president?

Or who??

Someone better than atiku and obi hence he outsmart them in polling unit and won

SmartPolician:
When late Robert Mugabe was alive, he was the most educated leader in the whole world.

are you sure ?

What was his qualification?