Abdulsalami Abubakar Tsohon janar din Soja ne kuma ɗan Siyasa a Najeriya da yayi mulki na dan lokaci sannan ya miqawa farar hula a tsakanin shekarata 1998 zuwa 1999. An haife shi a shekara ta 1942 a birnin Minna, Jihar Neja dake arewacin Najeriya (a yau jihar Neja). Abdulsalami Abubakar yazama shugaban kasar Nijeriya bayan rasuwar Janar Sani Abacha, yayi mulki daga watan Yunin shekara ta 1998 zuwa watan Mayu 1999 (bayan Sani Abacha - kafin Olusegun Obasanjo). A lokacin mulkinshi ne Najeriya ta fidda sabon kundin tsarin mulki wato 1979 constitution, wanda ta bada daman zabe tsakanin jam'iyyu daban daban. Abdulsalam ya mika madakon iko ga sabon zababben shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo a ranar 29 ga watan Mayu 1999. Shine Chairman na yanzu na National Peace Committee. An haifi Abdulsalam daga dangin Hausawa a ranar 13 June 1942, mahaifinsa shine Abubakar Jibrin tare da mahaifiyarsa Fatikande Mohammed a Minna, Jihar Neja, Najeriya. Abdulsalam ya halarci Minna Native Authority Primary school a tsakanin shekarar 1950 zuwa 1956. A tsakanin shekara ta 1957 zuwa 1962 yayi karatunsa na sakandare a Government College, Bida, jihar Neja.