Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (born 9 May 1936 in Lagos, south-west Nigeria) is a British -trained Nigerian lawyer, industrialist, politician and traditional chieftain.He was appointed as interim President of Nigeria by General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. Shonekan's transitional administration only lasted three months, as a palace coup led by General Sani Abacha forcefully dismantled the remaining democratic institutions and brought the government back under military control on 17 November 1993.
The son of an Abeokuta -born civil servant, he was one of six children born into the family. Shonekan was educated at Church Missionary Society Grammar School. He also attended and received a law degree from the University of London.
