# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/badaru-abubakar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:37:43.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/badaru-abubakar"
name: "Badaru Abubakar"
slug: "badaru-abubakar"
description: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar is a Nigerian politician who served as the Nigerian minister of defence from 21 August 2023 to 1 December 2025 when he resigned for medical reasons. He previously served as the governor of Jigawa State from 2015 to 2023."
tagline: "Nigerian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Badaru_Abubakar_-_Schuman_Security_and_Defence_Forum_2024_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.086574666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  200
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Badaru_Abubakar"
    title: "Mohammed Badaru Abubakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "محمد بدرو ابوبکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20090052"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump