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Aisha Buhari

Politician

Aisha Buhari is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Aisha Buhari · Айша Бухари · עיישה בוהארי · 艾莎·穆罕穆杜·布哈里				[sources]
Other name	Aisha Halilu · Aisha Halilu Buhari · Aisha Muhammadu Buhari · Бухари, Айша				[sources]
Weak alias	艾莎·布哈里				[sources]
Birth date	1971-02-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Adamawa State				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
First name	Aisha				[sources]
Last name	Buhari				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q20090072				[sources]
Position	First Lady of Nigeria (2015-2023)				[sources]
Education	Ahmadu Bello University · Ambrose Alli University · Nigerian Defence Academy				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-23	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

First Lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Muhammadu Buhari Close Associate	Spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
First Lady Of Nigeria	2015	2023

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Muhammadu Buhari Politician	spouse	1989	2025-07-13

Data sources

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories360,005

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,862

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-aisha-buhari-1971-02-17-district

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