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national chairman , peoples democratic movement -lrb- pdm -rrb- kano nigerian 23 january 1961 bashir_yusuf_ibrahim . png bashir yusuf ibrahim
 bashir yusuf ibrahim businessman and politician
bashir yusuf ibrahim

bashir yusuf ibrahim -lrb- born january 23 , 1961 -rrb- is a nigerian politician and businessman .
he is the national chairman of the peoples democratic movement -lrb- pdm -rrb- , a nigerian political party .
the pdm , which initially started out as a movement formed in the wake of nigerians ' agitation for a democratic state , was denied registration as an official political party by the abacha regime .
upon the country 's return to democracy , the movement , hence , formed a major building block of what would become nigeria 's ruling party , the people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- .
after years of running the country 's affairs and a seeming disconnect between what had been envisioned and what had , in fact , been achieved by the pdp , some members of the pdm decided to leave the pdp and register the movement as a party , so that it could abide by the ideals which guided its formation .
the pdm was , thus , registered in 2013 , with bashir as the chairman .
mentored by the late aminu kano , bashir has had a public service career spanning several decades , serving in various capacities including that of special adviser to both president olusegun obasanjo and vice-president atiku abubakar at varying stages of their tenures , and on several committees including the justice niki tobi committee on the 1999 constitution , among others .
he is a fellow of the nigerian leadership initiative and the aspen institute .
