Aliyu Modibbo Umar wani kwararren dan fasaha ne a Najeriya wanda ya kasance karamin Ministan wutan lantarki da karafa na tarayya daga watan Disamban shekara ta 2002 zuwa watan Mayu shekarar 2003, Ministan Kasuwanci daga watan Yulin shekara ta 2006 zuwa watan Yulin shekara ta 2007, sannan Ministan FCT ( Babban Birnin Tarayya, Abuja ), mukami ya rike har zuwa watan Oktoban shekara ta 2008. Aliyu Modibbo Umar an haife shi a garin Kumo dake jihar Gombe Gombe State a ranar 15 ga watan Nuwamban shekara ta 1958. He obtained a BA in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach; an MA in African Studies and a PhD in Comparative Education both from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Aikinsa na farko shi ne a shekara ta 1979 a matsayin mai ba da rahoto ga Hukumar Gidan Talabijin ta Najeriya . Tsakanin shekarar 1986 zuwa 1992, ya yi aiki a Amurka, ya dawo Nijeriya a cikin shekara ta 1993 don fara aiki a matsayin malami a Jami’ar Abuja . Daga nan ya koma cikin mulkin farar hula, yana aiki a ofishin Shugaban Ma’aikata na Shugaban kasa.