Margaret O. Shonekan (an haife ta 28 ga Oktoba, 1940) ma'aikaciyar gwamnati ce ta Najeriya. Shonekan ta kwashe tsawon aikin ta tare da Hukumar Kula da Jarabawar Afirka ta Yamma (WAEC). An nada ta a matsayin Kwamishina na Ma'aikatan Gwamnatin Tarayya daga 1 ga Oktoba, 1986 har zuwa Maris 31, 1994. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Uwargidan Shugaban Najeriya a takaice daga 26 ga Agusta, 1993, har zuwa Nuwamba 17, 1993, a lokacin rikon kwarya na mijinta, Ernest Shonekan . An haifi Margaret Shonekan a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940, a Gusau, ta Nijeriya, a cikin jihar Zamfara ta yanzu . Iyayenta sun koma Gusau a ƙarshen 1930s, inda mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin malami a Ofishin Jakadancin na Church . Ta yi makarantar firamare a makarantar Christ Church Anglican Primary School a Gusau da Peter Primary School a Minna . Sannan ta halarci makarantar 'yan matan Anglican da ke Orita-Mefa, Ibadan, tsawon shekara guda kafin ta shiga makarantar sakandaren' yan mata ta Anglican da ke Ilesa (wacce a yanzu ake kira makarantar St. Margaret) daga 1954 zuwa 1958.