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Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki

Politician

Gbemisola Ruqayyah 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	Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki				[sources]
Other name	Gbemisola R. Saraki · Saraki-Fowora Rukayat Gbemisola · Senator Gbemisola Saraki				[sources]
Birth date	1965				[sources]
Place of birth	Kwara State				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5529326				[sources]
Position	Minister of State for Transportation (2019-2022) · Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development (2022-2023) · member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (1999-2003) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2003-2007) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2007-2011)				[sources]
Education	University of Sussex				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bukola Saraki Politician	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of State for Transportation	2019-08-21	2022-07-06

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

Profiles of politically exposed persons 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

External databases

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-gbemisola-ruqayyah-saraki-district-kwara · us-cia-nigeria-gbemisola-saraki-state-min-of-transportation

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