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Rabiu Kwankwaso

Politician

Rabiu Kwankwaso 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	Rabiu Kwankwaso · Рабиу Кванквасо · ראביו קוואנקווסו · رابيو كوانكواسو · ラビウ・クワンクワソ				[sources]
Other name	Mohammed Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso · Musa Mohammed Rabiu Kwankwaso · Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso · Кванквасо Рабиу · Кванквасо, Рабиу · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Kwankwaso				[sources]
Birth date	1956-10-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Madobi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	muhammadinuwaa@gmail.com				[sources]
Website	www.kwankwaso.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3509922				[sources]
Position	Governor of Kano State (1999-2003) · Governor of Kano State (2011-2015) · Minister of Defence of Nigeria (2003-2006) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (1993-2019) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Loughborough University · Middlesex University				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	1993-01-01	2019-01-01
Minister of Defence of Nigeria

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,064

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,430

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

Every Politician57,893

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,197

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,033

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-rabiu-kwankwaso-1956-10-21-district · evpo-c082f248-ee8f-466f-ba0b-86d7114f9ecb

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