Nasir El-Rufai

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
El-Rufai in 2023
Governor of Kaduna State
In office
29 May 2015 – 29 May 2023
DeputyBarnabas Bala
Hadiza Balarabe[1]
Preceded byMukhtar Yero
Succeeded byUba Sani
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory
In office
17 July 2003 – 27 July 2007
PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo
Preceded byMohammed Abba Gana
Succeeded byAliyu Modibbo Umar
Personal details
Born
Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

(1960-02-16) 16 February 1960 (age 64)
Daudawa, Northern Region, British Nigeria
(now in Katsina State, Nigeria)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
(2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
Children8, including Bello
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • quantity surveyor
  • investor

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai CON (Listen; born 16 February 1960)[2] is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2023.[3] He had served as minister of the Federal Capital Territory from 2003 to 2007. El-Rufai also served as director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises.[4] He is a founding member of the ruling party All Progressives Congress.[5]

  1. ^ "Deputy Governor – Kaduna State Government". Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "NVS Articles & Viewpoints – Nigerian Village Square". Nigeriavillagesquare.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Office of the Governor – Kaduna State Government". Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. ^ NorthWindProject.com. "Home Page". Bureau of Public Enterprises - BPE. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ Owete, Festus (25 June 2013). "Masari, El-Rufai, others emerge APC interim national officers | Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 4 July 2020.