Umaru Shinkafi

Umaru Shinkafi, ( an haife shi 19 ga watan Janairu a shikara ta 1937 - 6 ga watan Yuli na shikara ta 2016) ya kasance shugaban hukumar leken asirin Najeriya, kuma kwamishinan harkokin cikin gida na tarayya. Ya kasance dan takarar shugaban kasa a jamhuriya ta uku ta Najeriya.

Umaru Shinkafi
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	19 ga Janairu, 1937
Mutuwa	Landan, 6 ga Yuli, 2016
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar jahar Lagos Makarantar Koyan Lauya ta Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	civil servant (en)

Umaru Shinkafi

Farkon aiki

Mahaifin Umaru Shinkafi Ali Bisije dan asalin Gashua ne a jihar Yobe yayin da mahaifiyarsa ta kasance Gimbiya daga Kaura Namoda ta jihar Zamfara. An haifi Umaru Shinkafi a shekarar 1937 a Shinkafi, Jihar Zamfara. Ya shiga aikin ƴan sandan Najeriya a shekarar 1959, bayan ya wuce kwalejin ƴan sanda da ke Kaduna. A 1973 ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Legas sannan kuma bayan shekara guda ya kammala karatunsa a Makarantar Koyan Lauya ta Najeriya,Makarantar Koyon Aikin Shari'a ta Najeriya. Ya kasance kwamishinan harkokin cikin gida na tarayya a shekarar ta 1975 sannan ya zama shugaban hukumar tsaro ta kasa a shekarar ta 1979.

Jamhuriya ta uku

A jamhuriya ta uku a Najeriya, Shinkafi yana ɗaya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa kungiyar siyasa ta Najeriya NNC a shekarar 1989 bayan da gwamnatin Babangida ta wargaza ƙungiyoyin siyasa, daga baya NNC ta shiga babban taron jam'iyyar Republican . Tun farko Shinkafi ya fito a matsayin ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa a lokacin Babangida ya haramtawa tsofaffin ƴan siyasa, ya kirkiro kungiyar yakin neman zaɓen sa ta 92 domin neman shugabancin ƙasar wanda ya yi niyya ya samu mai zagon kasa a kowace shiyya ta tarayya. Amma bayan dakatar da tsaffin ƴan siyasa, sai da ya fuskanci gasa mai tsanani a Adamu Ciroma, wanda a baya ya goyi bayan burinsa. Sai dai kuma daga baya aka soke zaben fidda gwani, aka kuma haramtawa ‘yan siyasar shugaban kasa, wani sabon zaɓen fidda gwani da za a gudanar a karkashin sabon tsarin zaɓe na Option A4 wanda Babangida ya amince da shi. A yayin zabukan fidda gwani na gaba, Shinkafi ya goyi bayan dan takarar shugaban kasa na NRC, Bashir Tofa da dan takarar shugaban kasa, Hamed Kusamotu.

Ya mutu a Landan daga rashin lafiya da ba a bayyana ba a ranar 6 ga Yuli 2016.