Fatimat Raji-Rasaki
Fatimat Raji-Rasaki | |
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| File:Sen Adefemi Kila & Sen Raji Rasaki.jpg Sen. Raji Rasaki photographed in a handshake | |
| Senator for Ekiti Central | |
| In office 9 June 2015 – 9 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Babafemi Ojudu |
| Succeeded by | Michael Opeyemi Bamidele |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1957 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Party | All Progressives Congress |
| Spouse | |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Fatimat Olufunke Raji-Rasaki (born 1 January 1957) is a Nigerian politician, senator and former first lady of Ogun, Ondo and Lagos states between 1986 and 1991.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Raji-Rasaki was born in Ekiti State on 13 January 1957.[1] She went to the Doherty Memorial Grammar School in Ijero, before studying law at the University of Lagos.[2]
She completed the Harvard Kennedy Executive Education Training Programme in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, earning certificate in Leaders in development.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]She was chairman of the senate committee on Trade and Investment in the 8th assembly that had Bukola Saraki as President of the senate.[4]
Positions held
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- Senator (Ekiti Central) 2015-2019
- House of representative (Ado-ekiti, Ireposun-Ifelodun) 2007-2011
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In 2016 she clocks and celebrated her 40 years of marriage to Brigadier General Raji Alagbe Rasaki.[6][7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Hon. Fatimat Olufunke RajiI-Rasaki Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Fatimat Olufunke RajiI-Rasaki, Retrieved 14 February 2016
- ^ HON. FATIMAT OLUFUNKE RAJI-RASAKI, Nass.gov.uk, Retrieved 15 February 2016
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Ekiti State
- Nigerian Muslims
- Nigerian civil servants
- Nigerian women civil servants
- Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria)
- Women members of the Senate (Nigeria)
- 21st-century Nigerian women politicians
- 21st-century Nigerian politicians
- University of Lagos alumni
- Senators of the 8th National Assembly (Nigeria)
- Lagos State politician stubs