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Solomon Lar was born on 19 April, 0033 in Langtang, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Plateau State, Nigeria), is a Nigerian politician (1933–2013). Discover Solomon Lar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 19 April, 1933
Birthday 19 April
Birthplace Langtang, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Plateau State, Nigeria)
Date of death 9 October, 2013
Died Place United States
Nationality Niger

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His wife is Prof. Mary Lar; eldest daughter, Dr. Chalya Lar

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1933

Chief (Dr.) Solomon Daushep Lar (4 April 1933 – 9 October 2013) (Walin Langtang) was a Nigerian politician who has held various offices at the National level for over 50 years.

Lar was born in Pangna, Langtang, Plateau State in April 1933.

His father was a farmer and his mother a pottery maker.

He studied at the Sudan United Mission Primary School in Langtang, and then at the Gindiri Teachers College where he qualified to teach at the Primary School, Langtang.

After two years he returned to Gindiri for his Senior Teacher's Training Programme, earned his Higher Elementary Certificate and started to teach at the Senior Primary School level.

He planned to become a clergyman.

1959

Lar was elected as a councilor to the Langtang Natives Authority in January 1959.

On 12 December 1959 he was elected to the Federal Parliament on the platform of United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC).

1960

He was a member of the first national parliament when Nigeria gained independence in 1960.

1966

He was reelected in 1964, and from then until 15 January 1966, when General Yakubu Gowon took power in a coup, Lar was parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.

He was also a Junior Minister in the Federal Ministry of establishments.

1970

After the fall of the democratic government, Lar attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, graduating in 1970 with an LLB and being called to the bar in 1971.

He established a private legal practice, and was co-founder and first national secretary of the Nigerian Legal Aid Association.

1972

In 1972, Lar joined the board of Amalgamated Tin Mines of Nigeria.

1977

He became chairman of the board of directors of African Continental Bank, member of the Nigeria Council of Legal Education and a member of the Constituent Assembly (1977–1978).

He was vice-chairman of the panel chaired by Justice Ayo Irikefe that recommended expanding from 12 to 19 states during the regime of generals Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo.

Lar was also a board member of the US-based World Environmental Movement for Africa.

At the start of the Second Republic, Lar was a co-founder of the Nigerian People's Party.

1979

He was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate in 1978, and later won the governorship election in Plateau State as the first Executive Governor on October 1, 1979.

His deputy was Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma.

He was active in building infrastructure in the state including hospitals, educational institutions, rural electrification, water supplies, and roads.

He introduced reforms to state employment laws, abolishing the daily pay and contract systems and introducing paid maternity leave for nursing mothers.

1983

He was elected governor of Plateau State on the Nigerian People's Party (NPP) platform during the Nigerian Second Republic, holding office from October 1979 until the Military coup of 31 December 1983 that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.

Later, he was founding chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

After the military coup in December 1983, General Muhammadu Buhari set up military tribunals which tried all former governors.

Although Lar was not found guilty of embezzlement or misappropriation, he was sentenced to 88 years in prison, first in Jos and then in Kirikiri in Lagos.

1992

His case was reviewed and he was released by the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, who started another transition to democracy in 1992.

During the Nigerian Third Republic, Lar was a supporter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He was appointed Minister of Police Affairs by the government of General Sani Abacha, later resigning when he realized Abacha was not serious about restoring democracy.

1998

In the transition to the Nigerian Fourth Republic Lar became the first National Chairman of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998, holding this position until 2002 when he handed over to Chief Barnabas Gemade.

2004

In February 2004 he resigned as chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, handing over to Chief Tony Anenih at a caucus in Abuja.

2005

He remained a power in the PDP until 2005, when he supported Vice President Atiku Abubakar in his falling out with President Olusegun Obasanjo, and later supported Atiku's bid for the Presidency in 2007.

2006

In April 2006, Lar also welcomed the decision of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida to compete for President in the 2007 elections, saying that in a democracy anyone was entitled to run.

Lar has been described as an ardent Middle-Belter, an active participant in the Middle Belt Forum.

In Plateau State he championed a policy based on the idea that the state should help indigenes realize the benefits of their "emancipation" from Hausa domination, and that the centuries-old Hausa and Jarawa communities in Jos and Yelwa should be relegated to non-indigene status.

2009

In an interview in February 2009 he said that the Middle Belt was being neglected despite the great contributions it made to national unity, a reference to sacrifices in the Nigerian Civil War.

He also complained of discrimination against Christians in the North, to the extent that they could not get land to build a church.

2010

In February 2010 Vice President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him Chairman of the Presidential committee tasked with recommending how to prevent further violence in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.

2013

On 9 October 2013, Plateau state governor Jonah David Jang announced the death of Mr Lar.

He died at an American hospital after a long illness, aged 80.