Haruna Abubakar an zabe shi Sanata ne na mazabar Nasarawa ta Kudu ta Jihar Nasarawa a Najeriya a farkon Jamhuriya ta hudu, yana aiki a kan dandalin Jam’iyyar PDP. Ya hau ofishi ranar 29 ga Mayu 1999. An haifi Abubakar ne a ranar 6 ga Yuni 1952. Ya zama lauya kuma dan kasuwa, sannan ya kasance mai ba da shawara a fannin shari’a ga Jam’iyyar National Party of Nigeria (NPN) a lokacin Jamhuriya ta biyu ta Najeriya . Ya kasance Manajan Darakta na Kamfanin Pip Pip da Kamfanin Tallata Kayayyakin Man Fetur a zamanin mulkin mulkin Janar Sani Abacha . Bayan ya ci kujerarsa a Majalisar Dattawa a watan Yuni na 1999, aka nada shi ga kwamitocin kan Zabe (Mataimakin shugaban kasa), Ayyukan Majalisar Dattawa, Man Fetur, Harkokin Shari’a, Harkokin tattalin arziki da basusuka na gida & na waje. An kuma nada shi Mataimakin Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa a 1999, amma daga baya aka tilasta shi yin murabus. Abubakar ya mutu a wani asibiti dake babban birnin kasar ingila a London bayan doguwar jinya a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu 2005. Aka binne shi a Lafiya .