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Atiku Abubakar

1946 - Today

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Atiku Abubakar ((); born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran for the office of governor of Adamawa State in 1990 and 1996 unsuccessfully, but won in 1998. Before he was sworn in, he was selected as running mate to former military leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, during the 1999 presidential election and was re-elected in 2003. Atiku Abubakar ran unsuccessfully for President of Nigeria six times, in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atiku Abubakar is the 17,727th most popular politician (down from 17,145th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 71st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Atiku Abubakar ranks 17,727 out of 19,576. Before him are Chris Coons, Newton D. Baker, Zsolt Baumgartner, Itsunori Onodera, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and Cori Bush. After him are Mario Frick, Pita Limjaroenrat, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Deb Haaland, Trinidad Jiménez, and Andrej Danko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Atiku Abubakar ranks 775. Before him are Julie Covington, Jimmy Webb, Alexandra Bastedo, Loudon Wainwright III, Martin Wolf, and Kate McGarrigle. After him are Gallagher, Susan Saint James, Stephen Rerych, Leo Rossi, Zeca, and Stuart Christie.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar ranks 90 out of 309. Before him are Arnaut Danjuma (1997), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Joseph Yobo (1980), Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966), Kalu Uche (1982), and Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962). After him are Francis Obikwelu (1978), Umar Sadiq (1997), Victor Moses (1990), John Utaka (1982), Ibrahim Gambari (1944), and Mutiu Adepoju (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar ranks 24. Before him are Muhammadu Maccido (1928), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Adebayo Adedeji (1930), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), and Obafemi Awolowo (1909). After him are Namadi Sambo (1954), Peter Obi (1961), and Blessing Oborududu (1989).

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