Ahmad Lawan
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan GCON (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and professor who served as the 14th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressives Congress.
Ahmad Lawan GCON | |
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| 14th President of the Nigerian Senate | |
| In office 11 June 2019 – 11 June 2023 | |
| Deputy | Ovie Omo-Agege |
| Preceded by | Abubakar Bukola Saraki |
| Succeeded by | Godswill Akpabio |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
| In office 10 January 2017 – 9 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Ali Ndume |
| Succeeded by | Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi |
| Senator for Yobe North | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Usman Albishir |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Yobe | |
| In office 3 June 1999 – 5 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Zakariyau Galadima |
| Constituency | Bade/Jakusko |
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| Born | Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan 12 January 1959 Gashua, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Yobe State, Nigeria) |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (2013–present) |
| Other political affiliations | All Nigeria Peoples Party (before 2013) |
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A university professor from Gashua, Lawan was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 to represent the Bade/Jakusko Constituency as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Lawan was reelected in 2003 before successfully running to become Yobe North Senator in 2007. After being reelected in 2011, 2015, and 2019 (as a member of the All Progressive Congress, successor to the ANPP), Lawan was elected the new Senate President with 79 votes cast to beat Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume with 28 votes after the inauguration of the 9th Nigeria National Assembly in 2019. It was his second attempt at becoming Senate President, with a notable failed run in 2015.