Malam Ibrahim Shekarau tsohon Malami ne kuma ɗan siyasan Najeriya ne, an haife shi a shekara ta 1955 a Kano, Arewacin Najeriya (a jahar Kano). Ya rike Ministan ilimin Najeriya daga shekara ta 2014 zuwa shekarar 2015. Ya fara takarar Gwamnan jahar Kano a shekara ta 2003, wanda daga bisani ya zamto ya lashe zaben da aka yi a watan Janairun shekara ta 2003, ya yi mulkin jahar har sau biyu sanadiyyar sake samun nasarar da yayi a zaben shekarar 2011, haka ne ya sa ya jagoranci mulkin jahar na tsawon shekaru 8, kafin nan Rabi'u Kwankwaso wanda yayi gwamna kafinsa ya sake dawowa shi ma a karo na biyu inda ya yi takarar matsayin gwamnan jahar a karo na biyu, kwankwason ya yi nasarar lashe Zaben shi ma inda ya yi mulkin jahar a karo na biyu daga watan Mayun shekara ta 2011 zuwa shekarar 2015.