What is Ernest Shonekan?
{{Infobox President | honorific_prefix = [[Chieftain|Chief]] | name = Ernest Shonekan | honorific_suffix = [[Nigerian National Honours|GCFR]] | image = Ambassador Bob Dewar with Ernest Shonekan (3509232597) (cropped).jpg | order1 = [[List of heads of state of Nigeria|9th Head of State of Nigeria]] | term_label1 = Interim | term_start1 = 26 August 1993 | term_end1 = 17 November 1993 | predecessor1 = [[Ibrahim Babangida]] {{small| as [[President of Nigeria|Military President of Nigeria]]}} | successor1 = [[Sani Abacha]] {{small| as [[Military Head of State of Nigeria]]}} | order2 = Head of Government of Nigeria | term_start2 = 2 January 1993 | term_end2 = 26 August 1993 | president2 = [[Ibrahim Babangida]] | vicepresident2 = [[Augustus Aikhomu]] | predecessor2 = [[Ibrahim Babangida]] | successor2 = [[Cabinet of Ernest Shonekan| Interim National Government]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|5|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lagos]], [[Western Region, Nigeria|Western Region]], [[Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria|Nigeria]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|11|1936|5|9|df=y}} | death_place = [[Lekki]], [[Lagos State]], Nigeria | spouse = [[Margaret Shonekan]] | nationality = Nigerian | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | alma_mater = [[University of London]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]] | profession = Lawyer and businessman }} [[Oba (ruler)#Oloye|Oloye]] '''Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan''' (9 May 1936 &ndash; 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian politician, lawyer and businessman. He was appointed the interim [[President of Nigeria]] by General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] on 26 August 1993. Babangida resigned after the [[1993 Nigerian presidential election|1993 election]] was [[annulment|annulled]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-45958915 Ernest Shonekan: Na fake ne