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Atiku Abubakar

Politician

Atiku Abubakar 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	Atiku Abubakar · Атику Абубакар · Атіку Абубакар · אטיקו אבובאקר · أتيكو أبو بكر · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Adamawa minister · Adamawa minisztere · Minister Adamawy · Minister i Adamawa · Minister van Adamawa · 15 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Atiku · アダマワ大臣 · 阿提库·阿布巴卡 · 阿提库·阿布巴卡尔 · 阿达马瓦部长				[sources]
Birth date	1946-11-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Jada				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Last name	Abubakar				[sources]
Website	atiku.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q755878				[sources]
Position	Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007)				[sources]
Education	Ahmadu Bello University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Ethnicity	Fulbe people				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-10	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Amina Titi Atiku-Abubakar Politician	Spouse · spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Vice President of Nigeria	1999-05-29	2007-05-29
Vice President Federal Republic Of Nigeria	2003

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,373

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,089

Category-based imports 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

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,945

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,947

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-atiku-abubakar-1946-11-25-district-adamawa

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