Bukola Saraki

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Senator
Bukola Saraki
CON
13th President of the Nigerian Senate
In office
9 June 2015 – 9 June 2019
DeputyIke Ekweremadu
Preceded byDavid Mark
Succeeded byAhmed Ibrahim Lawan
Senator for Kwara Central
In office
6 June 2011 – 9 June 2019
Preceded byGbemisola Saraki
Succeeded byIbrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe
Governor of Kwara State
In office
29 May 2003 – 29 May 2011
DeputyJoel Afolabi Ogundeji
Preceded byMohammed Alabi Lawal
Succeeded byAbdulfatah Ahmed
Personal details
Born
Olubukola Abubakar Saraki

(1962-12-19) 19 December 1962 (age 61)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityNigerian
Political partyPeoples Democratic Party (2000–2014; 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		All Progressives Congress (2014–2018)
SpouseToyin Saraki
ParentFlorence Morenike Saraki Olusola Saraki
EducationBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ,Cheltenham College
Alma mater
ProfessionPhysician and Politician

Abubakar Bukola Saraki MBBS CON (pronunciationⓘ; born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as the 13th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2015 to 2019.[1][2] He was elected the President of Nigeria’s 8th Senate on 9 June 2015 under the All Progressives Congress (APC).[3]

He previously served as the governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011 and was elected to the Senate in 2011, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District. He was then re-elected in the 2015 general elections under the party of the All Progressives Congress (APC).[4][5][6]

He left the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and returned to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he became the opposition leader, on 31 July 2018.[7][8][9] Saraki declared his presidential campaign for the PDP presidential ticket in the 2019 election,[10] but lost the primaries to Atiku Abubakar. He was subsequently announced as the director general of Atiku Abubakar's presidential campaign for the 2019 presidential election, which he lost to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.[11][12]

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  3. ^ Akintoye, K. (9 June 2015). "Bukola Saraki Emerges Senate President, Ekweremadu Emerges Deputy". channelstv.com.
  4. ^ Ojo, Ebunoluwa (8 September 2019). "Bukola Saraki - Biography And Political History Of Abubakar Bukola Saraki". Entrepreneurs In Nigeria. Retrieved 28 May 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Premium Times (9 June 2015). "Bukola Saraki elected Senate President". Premium Times. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ^ DEMOLA AKINYEMI (8 March 2013). "Bukola Saraki: The new face of Kwara politics?". Vanguard. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Why I decamp from APC to PDP – Bukola Saraki". Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. ^ Nwosu, Philip (31 July 2018). "Why I decamp from APC to PDP – Bukola Saraki". The Sun. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ Ronke Sanya (31 July 2018). "Senate President Saraki Dumps APC". Channels TV. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. ^ "UPDATED: Saraki declares his intention to run for presidency". Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Saraki named Atiku's Presidential Campaign Council Director General". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Saraki declares intention to run for president in 2023". Punch Newspapers. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.