Kashim Shettima

Kashim Shettima
Portrait of Kashim Shettima as vice president of Nigeria
Shettima in 2023
15th Vice President of Nigeria
Assumed office
29 May 2023
PresidentBola Tinubu
Preceded byYemi Osinbajo
Senator for Borno Central
In office
11 June 2019 – 29 May 2023
Preceded byBaba Kaka Bashir Garbai
Succeeded byKaka Shehu Lawan
Governor of Borno State
In office
29 May 2011 – 29 May 2019
DeputyZannnah Mustapha
Usman Durkwa
Preceded byAli Modu Sheriff
Succeeded byBabagana Zulum
Personal details
Born
Kashim Shettima Mustapha

(1966-09-02) 2 September 1966 (age 57)
Maiduguri, Northern Region, Nigeria (now in Borno State)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress
(2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
All Nigeria Peoples Party
(1999–2013)
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children3
ResidenceAkinola Aguda House
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • banker
AwardsList of honours and awards
Website

Kashim Shettima Mustapha GCON (born 2 September 1966) is a Nigerian politician who is the 15th and current vice president of Nigeria.[1][2] He previously served as senator for Borno Central from 2019 to 2023, and as the governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019.[3]

Born in Maiduguri in 1966, Shettima graduated from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Ibadan. After schooling, he entered business and banking, eventually rising to hold several high-ranking executive positions at banks. By the mid-2000s, Shettima was the manager of Zenith Bank's Maiduguri branch before leaving the position to enter the state cabinet of Governor Ali Modu Sheriff in 2007. After four years in the cabinet, he was elected governor in 2011 and re-elected by a wider margin in 2015; his term in office was dominated by the deadly Boko Haram insurgency. Shettima left office in 2019, and was elected to the senate. Despite being renominated for Senate in 2023, he withdrew from the nomination to become Bola Tinubu's running mate. Kaka-Shehu Lawan replaced him as the senate nominee.[4]

  1. ^ Babangida, Mohammed (29 May 2023). "PROFILE: Kashim Shettima: The accidental governor who is now Nigeria's vice president". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. ^ Shibayan, Dyepkazah (29 May 2023). "IT'S OFFICIAL: Tinubu, Shettima sworn in as Nigeria's president, vice-president". TheCable. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Public offices held by Kashim Shettima in Nigeria". Citizen Science Nigeria. 2 September 1966. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ Okoye, Francis (14 July 2022). "2023: Tinubu's Running Mate, Shettima, Replaced As APC Borno Central Candidate". Retrieved 10 November 2022.

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