Mukhtar Ramalan Yero (born 1 May 1968) is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kaduna State from 2012 to 2015, following the death of Patrick Yakowa in a helicopter crash.
[1][2] He previously served as deputy governor from 2010 to 2012 and as Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance from 2007 to May 2010 when Yakowa named him deputy governor after he succeeded Namadi Sambo who became the vice president of Nigeria.
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero was born on 1 May 1968, in unguwan Kaura in Zaria, Kaduna State.
In 1997, he joined a private firm, Nalado Nigerian Limited as Chief Accountant and rose in ranks to become Director of Finance and Administration in 2007.
[5] In April 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for re-election, losing to opposition challenger Nasir el-Rufai of the All Progressive Congress.