Born on Wednesday 20th November 1957 to a family of Canoe makers in Bayelsa state, Southeast Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Azkiwe Jonathan, rose from being a Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state to being the number one citizen of Nigeria.
Mr. Jonathan is the former President of Nigeria, having served from 2010 to 2015. He served as Vice-President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 and as Governor of Bayelsa State from 2005 to 2007.
He contested and lost the 2015 presidential election, upon which he conceded defeat and became the first sitting Nigerian president to do so. Jonathan's term as President of Nigeria ended on 29 May 2015, with Muhammadu Buhari becoming the new president.
Mr. Jonathan's decision to concede defeat, gave birth to the new title 'The Hero of Democracy' conferred on him by Nigerians.
The former President turned 59-year-old today, November 20, 2016 and as usual, Nigerians took to micro blogging site, Twitter to celebrate him.
Read some of the tweets below:....................................
The hero adds another year today #HappyBirthdayGEJ @Omojuwa @Laurestar @jag_bros @ogundamisi @NGRWailers @elrufai pic.twitter.com/eXVlROWyHF— Baba Yaga ® 5% (@originalpato) November 20, 2016
HAPPY 59th BIRTHDAY GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN!— The Jonathanian (@The_Jonathanian) November 19, 2016
Long Live @GEJonathan!
God Bless MAN OF PEACE.
Love you loads
❤💞💗#HappyBirthdayGEJ pic.twitter.com/EBRXtmYiIm
#HappyBirthdayGEJ @GEJonathan, the hero of democracy and Africa's ambassador of Peace. May you continue to shine brighter like stars. pic.twitter.com/Bh51DE2kpE— Follow Wailers (@NGRWailers) November 19, 2016
Leadership is not about Position or Title but Action and Example. Happy Birthday to the Hero of our Democracy. #HappyBirthdayGEJ @GEJonathan pic.twitter.com/jjlJC2Qt4O— SEGA L'éveilleur® (@segalink) November 20, 2016
Humble and very wise! Your exemplary life style will be ff for generations to come! You led the way for youths to follow. #HappybirthdayGEJ— Steph Annger (@Stelvni) November 20, 2016
All Men are created equal but Men born in November are #Extraordinary .... #HappyBirthdayGej— Akyala Abraham (@akyala_a) November 20, 2016
I've been thinking have come to a decision that indeed you are a great man! Posterity will be very kind to you sir #HappybirthdayGEJ— Steph Annger (@Stelvni) November 20, 2016
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