Dimeji Bankole
| Oladimeji Sabur Bankole | |
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| Honourable Representative | |
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In office April 2003 – 29 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Laoshe Abraham Lanre, Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria) |
| Succeeded by | Williams Olusegun, Action Congress of Nigeria |
| Constituency | Abeokuta South Federal Constituency |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
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In office 1 November 2007 – 29 May 2011 |
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| Deputy | Usman Bayero Nafada |
| Preceded by | Patricia Etteh |
| Succeeded by | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
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| Born | 14 November 1969 Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | People's Democratic Party (PDP) |
| Spouse(s) | Olaitan Bankole |
| Alma mater | Baptist Boys High School Albany College Reading University (BA) Oxford University (MTQ) Harvard University (MPA) |
| Profession | Businessman and economist |
| Website | www.dimejibankole.org |
Sabur Oladimeji "Dimeji" Bankole (born 14 November 1969) is a Nigerian politician and 9th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. Elected at the age of 37, Bankole is the youngest Speaker in the history of the House.
The son of Abeokuta chief, Alani Bankole, he was a businessman before being elected to the House. A MuslimEgba, Bankole was born in Abeokuta in what is now Ogun State on 14 November 1969. His parents are Alani Bankole, a businessman, former National Vice-Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Seriki Jagunmolu of Egbaland, and his wife, Atinuke Bankole, Ekerin Iyalode of Egbaland.
Newspaper Thisday identifies Bankole's education as such: Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta starting 1979; Albany College, London, England, starting 1985; University of Reading, Reading, England, starting 1989; University of Oxford's Officer Training College, Oxford, England, in 1991; and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, in 2005.
Bankole obtained a Master of Public Administration degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA in 2005. . In 2014, he became a Mason Fellow in Public Policy and Management at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA.
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