Olagunsoye Oyinlola

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Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla (b. February 3, 1951) has been governor of Osun State in Nigeria since 29 May 2003. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Governor Oyinlọla is a member of the Oyinlola royal family of Okuku, in Odo Ọtin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State. His father, the late Ọba Moses Oyewole Oyinlola was the Olokuku of Okuku, reigning as king from 1934 to 1960.

Oyinlọla retired from active military service as a Brigadier-General in 1999 after serving as military administrator of Lagos State from December, 1993 till August 1996.

General Oyinlọla as a young man, turned down an admission offer into the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and instead enlisted in the Nigerian Army as a private in 1969 a little shy of his 19th birthday. But he later acquired quite a number of university degrees in addition to various military training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, the Command and Staff College, Jaji, the National War College, Abuja and various military institutions and academies in India, United Kingdom and the United States. Governor Oyinlọla also attended Ọbafemi Awolowo University (then known as the University of Ife), Ile-Ife where he obtained his first university qualification - the Diploma in International Relations in 1979. He also obtained a Master of Science in Defence Studies in 1988 from the University of Madras, India. Eleven years later, in 1999, General Oyinlọla obtained another Masters Degree (in Strategic Studies) from the University of Ibadan and thereafter obtained a law degree from Buckingham University, United Kingdom in 2003.

Governor Oyinlọla holds a number of honorary doctorate degrees that recognize his academic and professional accomplishments. The honorary Doctor of Civil Law was conferred on him in April 2004, by the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso for his contributions to the society and education in particular. In April 2006, the Federal University of Technology, Minna, conferred on him a Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa).

v • d • e Governors of Osun State Lapade Ajiborisha • Isiaka Adeleke • Anthony Udofia • Anthony Obi • Theophilus Bamigboye • Adebisi Akande • Olagunsoye Oyinlola * = military administrator

v • d • e Governors of Lagos State Mobolaji Johnson* • Adekunle Lawal* • Ndubusi Kanu* • Ebitu Ukiwe* • Lateef Jakande • Gbolahan Mudasiru* • Mike Akhigbe* • Raji Rasaki* • Michael Otedola • Olagunsoye Oyinlola* • Buba Marwa* • Bola Tinubu • Babatunde Fashola * = military administrator

v • d • e Governors of Nigerian states
Abia: Theodore Orji Adamawa: James Shaibu Barka Akwa Ibom: Godswill Akpabio Anambra: Peter Obi Bauchi: Isa Yuguda Bayelsa: Timipre Sylva Benue: Gabriel Suswam Borno: Ali Modu Sheriff Cross River: Liyel Imoke	Delta: Emmanuel Uduaghan Ebonyi: Martin Elechi Edo: Osariemen Osunbor Ekiti: Olusegun Oni Enugu: Sullivan Chime Gombe: Mohammed Danjuma Goje Imo: Ikedi Godson Ohakim Jigawa: Sule Lamido Kaduna: Mohammed Namadi Sambo	Kano: Ibrahim Shekarau Katsina: Ibrahim Shema Kebbi: Usman Saidu Nasamu Kogi: Ibrahim Idris Kwara: Bukola Saraki Lagos: Babatunde Fashola Nasarawa: Aliyu Doma Niger: Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu Ogun: Gbenga Daniel	Ondo: Olusegun Agagu Osun: Olagunsoye Oyinlola Oyo: Christopher Alao-Akala Plateau: Jonah Jang Rivers: Rotimi Amaechi Sokoto: Aliyu Wamakko Taraba: Danbaba Suntari Yobe: Mamman Bello Ali Zamfara: Mahmud Shinkafi