Rabiu Kwankwaso

Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE, FNIQS (born 21 October 1956) is a Nigerian politician who was the Governor of Kano State, minister of depence of the fourth republic and senator.[1]

Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso

Senator of the Federal Republic
In office
11 June 2015 – June 2019
Preceded byBasheer Garba Mohammed
Succeeded byIbrahim Shekarau
ConstituencyKano (Central Senatorial District)
Governor of Kano State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2015
DeputyAbdullahi Umar Ganduje
Preceded byIbrahim Shekarau
Succeeded byAbdullahi Umar Ganduje
In office
29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
DeputyAbdullahi Umar Ganduje
Preceded byAminu Isa Kontagora
Succeeded byIbrahim Shekarau
Minister of Defence
In office
July 2003 – May 2007
Minister of StateRoland Oritsejafor
(2003 to 2006)
Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi
(from August 2006)
Preceded byTheophilus Danjuma
Succeeded byYayale Ahmed
Personal details
Born (1956-10-21) 21 October 1956 (age 67)
Kwankwaso, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now Kwankwaso, Nigeria)
NationalityNigerian
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party (1998-2014; 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
Peoples Front of Nigeria
(1989)
Social Democratic Party
(1989–1993)
All Progressives Congress (2014–2018)
RelationsAbba Kabir Yusuf
(son-in-law)
Alma materMiddlesex Polytechnic
Loughborough University of Technology
OccupationPolitician, civil servant and engineer

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