- Tenure
- 29 May 2015 — 28 May 2023
- Served under
- buhari-ii
- Party
- APC
- Mode of entry
- Elected on the Buhari–Osinbajo APC ticket, 28 March 2015; re-elected 2019.
- Mode of exit
- End of two constitutional terms; sought APC presidential nomination at the 2022 Eagle Square convention and finished behind Tinubu.
- Spouse
- Dolapo Osinbajo · 2015 — 2023
SAN, Lagos State Attorney-General under Tinubu (1999–2007), and law professor who served two terms as Muhammadu Buhari's VP. Twice Acting President during Buhari's medical absences (2017, 2017); ran Economic Sustainability Plan after COVID; key architect of the cashless / e-Naira posture.
Yemi Osinbajo (b. 8 Mar 1957, Lagos) is a professor of law (Unilag), Senior Advocate of Nigeria (1998), and founding partner of Simmons Cooper Partners. He served as Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General under Governor Bola Tinubu, 1999–2007 — the platform from which the 2015 VP slot was offered.
As VP he was sworn in as Acting President twice in 2017 (during Buhari's London medical absences), making executive decisions including the dismissal of the DSS DG Lawal Daura after the August 2018 National Assembly siege. He chaired the Economic Sustainability Committee whose June 2020 plan framed the federal COVID-19 response.
He sought the APC presidential nomination at the June 2022 Eagle Square convention, finishing third behind Bola Tinubu (the eventual winner) and Rotimi Amaechi. He left office on 29 May 2023 and returned to private legal practice and the climate-finance circuit (Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet).
Notable
- Acting President of Nigeria, twice in 2017
- Chair, Economic Sustainability Committee (2020)
- Lagos State Attorney-General (1999–2007), TREM pastor (RCCG)
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.