Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero (born 1 May 1968) is a Nigerian politician who served as the Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance from 2007 till May 2010 when Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa named him as the Deputy Governor after he succeeded Namadi Sambo who became the Vice President of Nigeria. In December 2012 he became Governor of Kaduna State after the death of Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa in a helicopter crash. After the election of Alhaji Namadi Sambo in 2007, he was appointed as the Commissioner of Finance from 2007 to May 2010. He was selected by Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa to fill the vacant Deputy Governor seat in 2010. In December 2012, he became the Governor of Kaduna State following the death of Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa State. In April 2015, He unsuccessfully ran for re-election losing to opposition challenger Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of the All Progressive Congress.
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