Aliyu Akwe Doma (1 September 1942 – 6 March 2018) was a Nigerian civil servant who became governor of Nasarawa State in May, 2007, standing for the People's Democratic Party (PDP).^[1]

Aliyu Akwe Doma, was born on 1 September 1942 in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State to parents from the Alago Ethnic group. Akwe Doma completed his primary education in Doma Junior Primary School and Lafia Senior Primary School respectively between 1951 and 1957. He proceeded to Government Secondary School, Katsina Ala and the Higher Teachers’ Training College, Gombe, where he obtained the Grade II teachers certificate in 1963. He attended the University of Ibadan (1964–1966), the British Drama League, London, England (1968) and the World Tourism Organization, Centre for Advanced Tourism Studies, Turin, Italy, (1973). He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1976, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in 2002 where he obtained a Master's in Public Administration. He died on March 6, 2018, after a brief illness at a foreign hospital in Israel.^[1]

He entered the old Plateau State civil service, where he rose to become Permanent Secretary in several departments between 1976 and 1983. He then became Deputy Governor of Plateau State. He was a member of the Presidential Joint National Consultative and Advisory Committee of Traditional Rulers and Leaders of Thought (1995–1998), and a member of the National Committee on the future of Higher Education in Nigeria (1996–1998). He was appointed a member of the Technical Committee of Presidential Council on Tourism in 2004. He held private sector positions as Chairman of the Oriya Group of Companies in 1984, Chairman of Integrated Tourism Consultants in 2003 and as a representative of Steyr Nigeria.^[1]

Aliyu Doma ran successfully for election as governor of Nasarawa State in April 2007 on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform, taking office on 29 May 2007.^[1] He ran for a second term in office in April 2011, but lost to Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, the candidate of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).^[2]

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Abia Theodore Orji Adamawa Murtala Nyako Akwa Ibom Godswill Akpabio Anambra Peter Obi Bauchi Isa Yuguda Bayelsa Timipre Sylva Benue Gabriel Suswam Borno Ali Modu Sheriff Cross River Liyel Imoke Delta Emmanuel Uduaghan Ebonyi Martin Elechi Edo Oserheimen Osunbor (annulled) Adams Aliyu Oshiomle Ekiti Olusegun Oni (annulled) Kayode Fayemi Enugu Sullivan Chime Gombe Mohammed Danjuma Goje Imo Ikedi Ohakim Jigawa Sule Lamido Kaduna Namadi Sambo (appointed VP) Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Kano Ibrahim Shekarau Katsina Ibrahim Shema Kebbi Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari Kogi Ibrahim Idris Kwara Bukola Saraki Lagos Babatunde Fashola Nasarawa Aliyu Doma Niger Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu Ogun Gbenga Daniel Ondo Olusegun Agagu (annulled) Olusegun Mimiko Osun Olagunsoye Oyinlola (annulled) Rauf Aregbesola Oyo Christopher Alao-Akala Plateau Jonah David Jang Rivers Rotimi Amaechi Sokoto Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko Taraba Danbaba Suntai Yobe Mamman Bello Ali (died) Ibrahim Geidam Zamfara Mahmud Shinkafi
See also Nigerian state governors 2003-2007 term, Nigerian state governors 2011–2015 term