# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahmood-yakubu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:01:47.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahmood-yakubu"
name: "Mahmood Yakubu"
slug: "mahmood-yakubu"
description: "Mahmood Yakubu is a Nigerian academic who served as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from 2015 to 2025. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 October 2015, succeeding acting chairman, Amina Zakari."
tagline: "Mahmoud yakubu is the current chairman of INEC."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mahmood_Yakubu_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
birthDate: "1962"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.548705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Mahmood Yakubu"
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    title: "محمود يعقوبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mahmood Yakubu"
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    title: "Mahmood Yakubu"
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  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood_Yakubu"
    title: "Mahmood Yakubu"
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    title: "Mahmood Yakubu"
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  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood_Yakubu"
    title: "Mahmood Yakubu"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21175286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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