Umaru Ahmadu Fintiri

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri is a Nigerian politician who has served as governor of Adamawa State since 2019. His profile lists his birth date as 1969-01-01, while also describing him as born on 27 October 1967. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, became Speaker, and later served as acting governor after the July 2014 impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako, remaining in office until 8 October 2014. His listed qualifications are FSLC, GCE, and BA.

In the 9 March 2019 governorship election, Fintiri led the vote, though the contest was declared inconclusive; he was later confirmed winner of the by-election with 376,552 votes against incumbent Bindo Jibrilla's 336,386. In 2023, with Farauta George Kaletapwa as running mate, he was re-elected after another initially inconclusive process, finishing with 430,861 votes against APC candidate Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed's 398,788; in the supplementary poll he scored 9,337 to her 6,513, and INEC returning officer Mohammed Mele announced the final result. He has also been described as a former ally of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.