Rauf Adesoji AREGBESOLA

Biographical record

Title

Engr.
Alhaji

Surname

AREGBESOLA

First Name

Rauf

Other Names

Adesoji

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

25 May 1957

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Osun

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Name

Madam Saratu Aregbesola

Mother's Status

Deceased

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Sherifat Aregbesola

Names of Children

Shakirat Aregbesola, Kabiru Aregbesola

Profession

Engineer
Administrator
Politician

Working Experience

Nigerian External Telecommunication (Now NITEL); The Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja; dir. Operations, Rubicon Nigeria Ltd. Ogba, Lagos; ch/md. Aurora Nigeria Ltd.

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Primary and Secondary Education, Ondo State; Ibadan Polytechnic, 1980

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management ( FNIM) , Fellow of Nigerian
Society of Engineers ( FNSE) , Fellow of the Nigerian Association of Technological
Engineers ( FNATE) and Fellow of the Certified Marketing Communications
Institute of Nigeria ( FCMCIN )

Present Appointment

Executive Governor, Osun State

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

Yes

If "Yes", please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates

All Progressives Congress

Traditional Titles

Aare Musulumi of Alomosho, Aare Fiwagboye of Lagos;

Awards and Honours

WAI Badge ofExcellence, Kujama Satehte Earth Station, NET/NITEL, Kaduna; Nigeria Society of Engineers merit award; The Best Commissioner, Lagos State award; The Grassroots Achiever of the year award; Ugos State Most Distinguished Commissioner of the Year award; The ECOWAS Community Service Gold award; Worthy Ambassador ofYouth award; Special award for the support of journalism development; National Council of Mushin Youth Organization Distinguished Corporate Achiever &Gold award

Other Relevant Information

He was Speaker of the Students’ Parliament ( 1977 /78) , The Polytechnic, Ibadan, and the President of the Black Nationalist Movement ( 1978- 1980 ).

He was also an active supporter of other progressive students’ movements nationwide, which earned him , for instance the life membership of National Association of Technological Students .

In June 1990 , he became an elected delegate to the SDP Inaugural Local Government Area Congress.

In July of the same year, he was also a delegate to its first National
Convention in Abuja.

he was Director of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation which engineered the electoral victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Governor of Lagos State in 1999 .
In the year 2007, Rauf Aregbesola contested for governorship in Osun State and won the election. Even though he was not declared the winner of the election by the independent National Electoral Commission, The Election Appeal Tribunal on November 26, 2010 declared him the winner of the election, leading to his being swornin as the governor of Osun State. On August 9, 2014, Rauf Aregbesola was returned as the Governor of Osun State for another term of four years

Email Address

[email protected]

Phone Number

+2348024537105, +2348027789181

Residential Address

Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

Official Address

Bola Ige House, Abere, Osogbo
Twitter @RaufAregbesola Facebook: RaufAregbesola

Source

http://osun.gov.ng/governor/ogbeni/

Source

http://osun.gov.ng/governor/ogbeni/