(1962-12-19) 19 December 1962 (age 61) London, United Kingdom
Nationality
Nigerian
Political party
Peoples Democratic Party (2000–2014; 2018–present)
Other political affiliations
All Progressives Congress (2014–2018)
Spouse
Toyin Saraki
Parent
Olusola Saraki
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ,Cheltenham College
Alma mater
London Hospital Medical College
Profession
Physician and Politician
Abubakar Bukola SarakiMBBSCON (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 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, and then re-elected in the 2015 general elections under the party of the All Progressives Congress (APC).[3][4][5]
He left the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) and returned to his former party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Where he became the opposition leader, on 31 July 2018.[6][7][8] Saraki declared his presidential campaign for the PDP presidential ticket in the 2019 election,[9] 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.[10][11]
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