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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Simon Lalong</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Niger" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the Niger">CON</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Plateau_South_senatorial_district" title="Plateau South senatorial district">Plateau South</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />20 December 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Bali" title="Napoleon Bali">Napoleon Bali</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(Nigeria)" title="Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (Nigeria)">Minister of Labour and Employment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 August 2023 – 20 December 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ngige" title="Chris Ngige">Chris Ngige</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Plateau_State" title="List of governors of Plateau State">Governor of Plateau State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 May 2015 – 29 May 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sonni_Gwanle_Tyoden" title="Sonni Gwanle Tyoden">Sonni Gwanle Tyoden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonah_David_Jang" title="Jonah David Jang">Jonah David Jang</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Mutfwang" title="Caleb Mutfwang">Caleb Mutfwang</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Plateau State House of Assembly">Plateau State House of Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2000–2007</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Simon Bako Lalong</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-05-05</span>) </span>5 May 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Shendam" title="Shendam">Shendam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Northern Region, Nigeria">Northern Region</a> (now in <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>), Nigeria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td 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class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Simon Bako Lalong</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Niger" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the Niger">CON</a></span></span> (born 5 May 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as the senator representing the <a href="/wiki/Plateau_South_senatorial_district" title="Plateau South senatorial district">Plateau South senatorial district</a> since 2023. He previously served as the minister of labour and employment in 2023, and as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Plateau_State" title="List of governors of Plateau State">governor of Plateau State</a> from 2015 to 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lalong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his elementary and secondary schools education in Shendam Local Government Area, Lalong proceeded to the School of Preliminary Studies (S.P.S) <a href="/wiki/Keffi" title="Keffi">Keffi</a>, passing out in 1986. He then continued to <a href="/wiki/Ahmadu_Bello_University" title="Ahmadu Bello University">Ahmadu Bello University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zaria" title="Zaria">Zaria</a>, graduating in 1990 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's</a> degree in Law. This was immediately followed by the Law School in <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, where he was also called to the Bar. He later obtained a master's degree in Law from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Jos" title="University of Jos">University of Jos</a>, in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lalong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lalong's professional career as an attorney lasted between 1992, the year following his graduation from law school, and 1998, the dawn of Nigeria's new democracy. During this period he worked with a few law firms, one of which he co-owned. Between 1992 and 1994, he was the Deputy Scribe of the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Bar_Association" title="Nigerian Bar Association">Nigerian Bar Association</a> in <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>. After a political stint that lasted seven years he again returned to legal practice as the Principal Partner of Simon B. Lalong and Co, until 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_life">Political life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lalong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, Lalong temporarily discarded legal practice to pursue a political career. Representing the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a> (PDP), he successfully contested his native Shendam Constituency and entered the <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Plateau State House of Assembly">Plateau State House of Assembly</a>. In October 2000, he became the speaker of the assembly, a position he occupied until 2006. He was the longest serving speaker of the State's house of assembly. During that period he was two times (in 2001 and in 2002) elected as the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of the 36 states of Nigeria. </p><p>In 2014, Lalong joined the race contest to succeed outgoing governor, <a href="/wiki/Jonah_David_Jang" title="Jonah David Jang">Jonah Jang</a>, on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). He won and was sworn in as the new governor of Plateau State on 29 May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the March 9 <a href="/wiki/2019_Plateau_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Plateau gubernatorial election">Plateau gubernatorial election</a> and March 23, 2019 Plateau State, Lalong won re-election as governor of Plateau State, polling 595,582 votes against his rival, former General Jeremiah Husseini of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 546,813 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn in for a second term on 29 May 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2023 general election, Lalong contested the seat of the senate to represent Plateau South senatorial zone in the National Assembly, but lost the election to <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Bali" title="Napoleon Bali">Napoleon Bali</a> of the People's Democratic Party.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lalong was later appointed Minister of Labour and Employment on 2 August 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2023, an appeals court declared Lalong as the rightful winner of the 2023 senatorial election.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lalong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Plateau_State" title="List of governors of Plateau State">List of governors of Plateau State</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Award">Award</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lalong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2022, a Nigerian National Honour of <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Niger" title="Order of the Niger">Commander Of The Order Of The Niger</a> (CON) was conferred on him by President <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Lalong&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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