Ali Modu Sheriff

Ali Modu Sheriff
Ali Modu Sheriff opening a foreign sponsored library in Maiduguri, 2007.
Chairman of the PDP National Working Committee Acting
In office 16 February 2016 – 21 May 2016
Preceded by	Uche Secondus (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ahmed Makarfi (Caretaker)
Senator for Borno Central
In office May 29, 1999 – May 29, 2003
Governor of Borno State
In office May 29, 2003 – May 29, 2011
Preceded by	Mala Kachalla
Succeeded by	Kashim Shettima
Personal details
Born	1956 Ngala Town, Ngala LGA, Borno State, Nigeria
Political party	People's Democratic Party (2014–present) All Progressives Congress (2013–2014) All Nigeria People's Party (1999–2013)

Ali Modu Sheriff is a Nigerian politician. He is Borno State's first governor to serve two consecutive terms (2003–2011). Though Sheriff had held two elected offices as a member of All Nigeria People's Party, he would later join the All Progressives Congress becoming a founding member of that party. In 2014, Sheriff switched affiliation to the People's Democratic Party. He acted as the National Working Committee chair from 16 February 2016 until the National Convention, when he was removed and replaced by Ahmed Makarfi.

Ali Modu Sheriff was born in Ngala Town, Ngala Local Government Area, Borno State in 1956. His father was the business tycoon Galadima Modu Sheriff. He attended Government Secondary School, Bama (1974–1979). He attended the London School of Business, where he studied Insurance, Banking and Finance. In 1981, he joined his father's construction company as a Director, later becoming Managing Director. In 1985, he registered his first company. His companies include Meroil Organisation and Union Chase.

He was elected as a senator from Borno during the Third Nigerian Republic under the banner of NRC, his opponent then was Kolo Kingibe, wife of the SDP chairman, Babagana Kingibe. He was also a member of the Constitutional Conference and chaired the committee on states and local government.

Ali Modu Sheriff was elected Senator representing Borno Central on the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) during General Sani Abacha's military regime. After democracy was restored, in April 1999 he was again elected Senator, Borno Central on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).