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Bukola Saraki

Politician

Bukola Saraki 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	Bukola Saraki · Olushola Bukola Saraki · בוקולה סאראקי · بوكولا سراكى · بوكولا سراكي · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abubakar Bukola Saraki · Abubakar O. Saraki · Ancien président du Sénat du Nigeria · Bukola Abubakar Saraki · Former President of the Senate of Nigeria · 8 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ABS · Saraki · 布科拉·萨拉基				[sources]
Birth date	1962-12-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Kwara State · London				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	abs@sarakimail.com · bukisaraki@aol.com				[sources]
First name	Abubakar · Bukola				[sources]
Last name	Saraki				[sources]
Phone	+2348033579273				[sources]
Website	www.abubakarbukolasaraki.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4986999				[sources]
Position	Governor of Kwara State (2003-2011) · President of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2011-2015) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019)				[sources]
Education	Cheltenham College · King's College, Lagos				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-07-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician, Waziri of Ilorin, senate president of the federal republic of Nigeria 2015-2019

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Abubakar O. Saraki Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate	2015-06-09	-
President of the Senate of Nigeria	2015-06-09	2019-06-11
Member of the Senate of Nigeria	2015	2019
Senate President Senate, National Assembly	2015	2019

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki Politician	sibling	-	-

Data sources

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

Every Politician58,347

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

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories374,499

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

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons285,603

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

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions450,082

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,921

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-223679e6-ac35-4ced-944b-b1109d9e4b1d · ng-dots-bukola-saraki-1962-12-19-district-kwara · ng-dots-olushola-bukola-saraki-1962-12-19-district

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