Haliru Mohammed Bello
| Haliru Mohammed Bello | |
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| Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees Acting |
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In office 25 May 2015 – 10 February 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Anenih |
| Succeeded by | Walid Jibrin |
| Minister of Defense | |
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In office July 2011 – 22 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Adetokunbo Kayode |
| Succeeded by | Erelu Olusola Obada |
| Federal Minister of Communications | |
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In office June 2001 – May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammed Arzika |
| Succeeded by | Cornelius Adebayo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 October 1945 Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi, Nigeria |
| Political party | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) |
Haliru Mohammed Bello (born 9 October 1945) is a Nigerian politician. He was trained in veterinary medicine. He held various administrative positions under the military governments before 1999. He was Minister of Communications from June 2001 to May 2003. After he left office he was indicted in a bribery scandal involving the German telecom company Siemens AG. He was Defense Minister from July 2011 until June 2012. He was appointed the acting National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria on 25 May 2015.
Haliru Mohammed Bello was born in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State on 9 October 1945. After his primary education in Birnin Kebbi he attended Government College, Zaria, now Berewa College. He was admitted to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1966, and studied veterinary medicine. He became a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University and a Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria.
In 1977 Mohammed was appointed Commissioner for Agriculture for Sokoto State under the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo, and then Commissioner for Education for Sokoto State. After the return to civilian rule in 1979, Mohammed ran unsuccessfully for Deputy Governor of Sokoto State on the Great Nigeria People's Party (GNPP) platform. He was GNPP Secretary for Sokoto State until December 1983, when the military resumed power under Muhammadu Buhari and banned party politics. Mohammed worked for a private company, then was appointed first Assistant General Manager and then General Manager of the Rima River Basin and Rural Development Authority, a Federal Ministry of Water Resources agency.
General Ibrahim Babangida appointed Haliru Mohammed Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service in 1988. He was the first Comptroller General of the Customs and Excise department, then a service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, under a new decentralized arrangement that began on 16 February 1988. He held this post until 1994 when General Sani Abacha replaced him by Brigadier General S. O. G. Ango. During the 1995-98 transition program Mohammed was a founding member of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN). After the death of Abacha, Mohammed was one of the founders of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State. In September 1999 President Olusegun Obasanjo made Mohammed a Commissioner on the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
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