BURATAI, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf

Biographical record

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

November 24, 1960

State of Origin

Borno State

Place of Birth

Buratai Town, Bui Local Government Area, Borno State.

Father's Name

Yusuf Buratai

Schools Attended with Dates

Nigerian Defence of Award; University of Maiduguri, Borno State; National Defence College, Mirpur, Bangladesh; Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka.

Present Appointment

Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria since 2015.

Previous Appointments

- Lieutenant, January 1985;

- Captain, January 1989;

- Major, January 1994;

- Lieutenant Colonel, January 1998;

- Colonel, January 2004;

- Brigadier General, January 2009;

- Major General, January 2012;

- Lieutenant General since August 2015.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

- Recipient, Forces Service Star (FSS);
- Recipient, Meritorious Service Star (MSS);
- Recipient, Distinguished Service Star (DSS);
- Recipient, Grand Service Star (GSS);
- Recipient, Pass Staff Course Dagger (psc(+));
- Recipient, Field Command Medal;
- Recipient, Training Support Medal;
- Recipient, United Nations Medal for Angolan Verification Medal II.