Rabiu Kwankwaso

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Rabiu Kwankwaso is a prominent Nigerian politician.

Dr. Rabiu'u Musa Kwankwaso was the former Deputy Speaker in the Third Republic which was terminated by the Abacha takeover in 1994. He was elected as the Executive Governor of the northern Nigerian state of Kano between 1999 and 2003, under the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). His 2003 bid to serve for a second term was unsuccessful. He was then appointed as the Minister of Defence in President Obasanjo's cabinet in 2003. In 2007, he was appointed as the Presidential Special Envoy to Sumalia and DaFur by the Obasanjo administration after losing the bid from his party(PDP)to contest the 2007 general governorship election. Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is now the (PDP) party leader in Kano and is currently nominated into the party's most powerful political circle in PDP, the Board of Trustee. Recently, he has also been shortlisted for ambassadorial appointment by the Yar'adua administration.