# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dauda-lawal
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:27:36.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dauda-lawal"
name: "Dauda lawal"
slug: "dauda-lawal"
description: "Dauda Lawal is a Nigerian banker and politician who is the governor of Zamfara state. He was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections defeating the incumbent Governor Bello Matawalle of the APC."
tagline: "Governor of Zamfara state"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dauda_Lawal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-09-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.578045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Dauda Lawal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Dauda Lawal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Dauda Lawal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Dauda Lawal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Dauda Lawal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauda_Lawal"
    title: "Dauda Lawal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26923175"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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