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Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

Politician

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal 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	Aminu Waziri Tambuwal · أمين وزير تنمبوال · امينو وازيرى تامبوال · アミヌ・タンブワル				[sources]
Other name	Aminu Tambuwal				[sources]
Birth date	1966-01-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Tambuwal				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Aminu				[sources]
Last name	Tambuwal				[sources]
Middle name	Waziri				[sources]
Title	Hon.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4746479				[sources]
Position	Governor of Sokoto State (2015-2023) · Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2011-2015) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2003-2007) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2007-2011) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2023-)				[sources]
Education	Bachelor of Laws · Usmanu Danfodiyo University				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-08-28	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Governor of Sokoto State

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Governor Sokoto State Government Sokoto	2019	2023
Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	2003-06-03	2007-06-05
Executive Governor, Sokoto	-	-
Governor of Sokoto State	2015-05-01	2023-05-29
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	2011-06-06	2015-05-29
Member of the Senate of Nigeria	2023-06-13	-
Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria	2007-06-05	2011-06-06
Governor of Sokoto State	2015-05	2023-05-29

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories380,903

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

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

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 Persons274,170

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata354,046

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,070

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-aminu-waziri-tambuwal-1966-01-10-district-sokoto · ng-chip-pep-ng-0003499

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