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Abubakar Malami

Person of interest · Politician

Abubakar Malami 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	Abubakar Malami · Malami Abubakar · أبوبكر مالمي · ابوباكار مالامى				[sources]
Birth date	1967-04-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Birnin Kebbi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Malami				[sources]
Last name	Abubakar				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q23714146				[sources]
Position	Attorney General of the Federation (2015-2023) · Governorship Candidate APC Kebbi State · Minister of Justice (2015-2023)				[sources]
Education	University of Maiduguri				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian jurist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Justice	2015-11-11	2023-05-29
Attorney General of the Federation	2015-11-11	2023-05-29
Attorney General and Minister of Justice	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,892

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,166

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Wikidata · non-official source

Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by Chipper40,806

National and sub-national Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons collected by Chipper

Nigeria · Chipper · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,670

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata354,065

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-chip-pep-ng-0026500 · us-cia-nigeria-abubakar-malami-minister-of-justice · us-cia-nigeria-abubakar-malami-honorable-attorney-general-of-the-federation

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