ANSWER: That was the voice Olusegun Okikiola Are-mu Obasanjo, a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007

On this day, the 6th of July 2004, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria is elected as the chairperson of the African Union for a year.

A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

ANSWER: That was the voice Olusegun Okikiola Are-mu Obasanjo, a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007<br><br>On this day, the 6th of July 2004, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria is elected as the chairperson of the African Union for a year.<br><br>A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

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