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Place of Birth: Madobi, Kano State, Nigeria
About Rabiu Kwankwaso
- Engineer Rabi'u Musa popularly known as Rabiu Kwankwaso is a Nigerian politician from Kano state.
- He was two times Governor of Kano State from 1999–2003 and 2011–2015.
- Rabiu was the first governor of Kano State in the fourth republic who was elected under the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP).
- Kwankwaso lost re-election bid in 2003 to Ibrahim Shekarau and was in July same year appointed defense minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo. In 2015, Kwankwaso unsuccessfully contested the presidential primaries nomination under the opposition All Progressive Congress, but lost to Muhammad Buhari.
- He then swap to contest the senatorial seat for Kano Central Senatorial District and won.
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