Kanal (mai ritaya) Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (an haife shi a 21 ga watan Satumban shekara ta 1949) ya kasance gwamnan jihar Kaduna a Najeriya daga watan Agusta a shekara ta (1985) zuwa Yuni( 1988 ) lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Ibrahim Babangida . Bayan ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja a shekarar( 1993 ), ya zama mai sukar zamantakewar al'umma kuma shi ne wanda ya ƙirƙiro ƙungiyar Movement for Unity and Progress, jam'iyyar siyasa. An haifi Umar a ranar (21) ga watan Satumban shekara ta (1949) a Birnin Kebbi, Jihar Kebbi . Mahaifinsa malamin makaranta ne kuma mai gudanarwa ne da ake yiwa binda lakabin gargajiya na Wazirin Gwandu wanda ya zama memba na Majalisar Wakilai a Legas a shekara ta (1954 zuwa1964) da Kwamishinan Ayyuka a Jihar Arewa maso zuwaa a shekara ta (1968 zuwa1975).