Bukola Saraki (former member)
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Bukola Saraki is a Nigerian politician and former President of the Senate who has played a prominent role in the country’s national politics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bukola Saraki (former member) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nigerian politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 19 December 1962 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London, United Kingdom
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Nigeria ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cheltenham College
ⓘ
King’s College Lagos ⓘ
surface form:
King’s College, Lagos
London Hospital Medical College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yoruba ⓘ |
| father | Olusola Saraki ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Medicine ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| heldTitle | President of the 8th Senate of Nigeria ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Dr. ⓘ |
| knownFor | influential role in Nigerian national politics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
All Nigeria Peoples Party
ⓘ
surface form:
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
All Nigeria Peoples Party ⓘ
surface form:
All Progressives Congress (APC)
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ⓘ People’s Democratic Party (PDP), returned in 2018 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defection from APC to PDP in 2018
ⓘ
leading the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ |
| notableRoleIn |
National Assembly of Nigeria
ⓘ
Nigeria Governors’ Forum ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Governor of Kwara State, 29 May 2011
ⓘ
President of the Senate of Nigeria, 11 June 2019 ⓘ Senator for Kwara Central, 11 June 2019 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Governor of Kwara State, 29 May 2003
ⓘ
President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Senate of Nigeria, 9 June 2015
Senator for Kwara Central, 9 June 2011 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum
ⓘ
Governor of Kwara State ⓘ Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ President of the Senate of Nigeria ⓘ Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ |
| profession |
medical doctor
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| ranForOffice | PDP presidential ticket, 2019 Nigerian general election ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| represented | Kwara Central Senatorial District ⓘ |
| residence |
Abuja
ⓘ
surface form:
Abuja, Nigeria
Ilorin ⓘ
surface form:
Ilorin, Kwara State
|
| spouse | Toyin Saraki ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Kwara State ⓘ |
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