Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives
In office December 1959 – 30 December 1964
Preceded by
Maitama Sule
Succeeded by
Mahmud Dantata
Constituency
Kano East
President-General of Northern Elements Progressive Union
In office 1953–1966
Preceded by
Abba Maikwaru
Succeeded by
position abolished
Personal details
Born
Mohammed Aminu Yusufu
9 August 1920 Sudawa, Kano (now in Gwale, Kano State)
Died
17 April 1983(1983-04-17) (aged 62) Kano
Resting place
Mambayya House 12°0′54.342″N8°30′20.4912″E / 12.01509500°N 8.505692000°E / 12.01509500; 8.505692000
Political party
People's Redemption Party
Other political affiliations
Northern Elements Progressive Union
Northern People's Congress
Northern Progressive Front
Spouses
Umma
(m. 1939–1940)
Hasia
(m. 1942, divorced)
Shatu
(before 1983)
Zahra
(m. 1967; div. 1970)
Asma'u
(m. 1970)
Relations
Gyanawa (clan)
Alma mater
Kaduna College University of London
Occupation
Teacher, politician, poet, writer, trade unionist
Mallam Aminu KanoGCON[1] (9 August 1920 — 17 April 1983)[2] was a Nigerian radical opposition political leader, teacher, poet, playwright, and trade unionist from the northern city of Kano. He played an active role during the transition from British colonial rule to independence, the First Republic, Military rule, and the Second Republic. Representing the Kano East constituency, he served as the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the Federal House of Representatives. During Yakubu Gowon's administration, he served as the Federal Commissioner for Communications and the Federal Commissioner for Health. The Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Aminu Kano College of Education, Aminu Kano Commerce College and the Aminu Kano College of Islamic Studies all in Kano, are named after him. He is regarded as one of modern Nigeria's founding fathers and is widely respected throughout the country.[3] He was a relative to the father of former Head of State Murtala Mohammed, former Minister of Defense Inuwa Wada, Isa Wali and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Bashir Wali.
^Nigeria Government Gazette dated 1982-10-01 number 50. 1 October 1982.
^Uwechue, Raph (1991). Makers of Modern Africa (Second ed.). United Kingdom: Africa Books Limited. pp. 323–324. ISBN 0903274183.
^Paden, John N. Fleet, Kate (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Islam: Aminu Kano (3rd ed.). Brill Reference Online. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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