Politics He entered politics in 1999 when Nigeria returned to democracy. In 2011, he unsuccessfully contested the governorship election in Kwara State on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and again contested unsuccessfully the Kwara Central Senatorial District on the platform of
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in both 2011 and 2015. He won the gubernatorial primary election of the
All Progressives Congress for
Kwara State in October 2018. On 19 March 2023, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was declared winner and reelected as the governor of
Kwara State defeating his closest rival Yaman Abdullahi of the
People Democratic Party PDP having scored majority votes in the election. On 24 May 2023, he emerged as the new Chairman of the
Nigeria Governors' Forum at a closed-door meeting of the Governors which was held in
Abuja succeeding the former governor of
Sokoto State,
Aminu Tambuwal, who became the Forum's chairman in 2022, with the governor of
Oyo State,
Seyi Makinde as the deputy chairman. ==Personal life==