Ahmad Lawan

Ahmad Lawan GCON
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
Incumbent
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
Personal details
Born	Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 65) 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)
Education	Sabon Gari Primary School, Gashua Government Secondary School, Gashua
Alma mater	University of Maiduguri Ahmadu Bello University Cranfield University
Profession	Politician professor

Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan GCON^[1] (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and former 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] It was his second attempt at becoming Senate President, with a notable failed run in 2015.