# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-ibrahim-yakowa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:58:43.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-ibrahim-yakowa"
name: "Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa"
slug: "patrick-ibrahim-yakowa"
description: "Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa \n(1 December 1948 – 15 December 2012) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed deputy governor of Kaduna State in July 2005, following the death of Stephen Shekari and was elected in 2007. He was sworn in as governor on 20 May 2010, replacing governor Namadi Sambo who had been sworn in as vice president the day before.\nYakowa successfully ran for election as Kaduna Governor in the 26 April 2011 polls."
tagline: "Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (1948–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A_Bust_of_Patrick_Yakowa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-12-01"
deathDate: "2012-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.14
  momentum:             0.9302325581395349
  historical:           6.42232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Patrick Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D9%87"
    title: "باتريك ابراهيم ياقوه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Yakowa"
    title: "Patrick Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ibrahim_Yakowa"
    title: "Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ibrahim_Yakowa"
    title: "Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Yakowa"
    title: "Patrick Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Yakowa"
    title: "Patrick Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Yakowa"
    title: "Patrick Yakowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3369538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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