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Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Politician

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi 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	Sanusi Lamido · Sanusi Lamido Sanusi · Սանուսի Լամիդո Սանուսի · سانوسى لاميدو سانوسى · サヌシ・ラミド・サヌシ · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Muhammadu Sanusi II · Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi				[sources]
Weak alias	ムハンマド・サヌーシ2世				[sources]
Birth date	1961-07-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Kano				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3791488				[sources]
Position	Emir of Kano (2014-) · Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2009-2014)				[sources]
Education	Ahmadu Bello University · King's College, Lagos				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Emir of Kano

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,395

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

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,072

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,118

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,533

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-sanusi-lamido-sanusi-1961-07-31-district

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