Sokoto Grand Vizier

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}}{{Infobox official post

| post = Grand vizier

| body = the Sokoto Caliphate

| appointer = The Sultan

| appointer_qualified = with Governor of Sokoto State advice and consent

| precursor =

| formation = 1804

| first = Abdullahi dan Fodio

| incumbent = Sambo Wali Junaidu

| native_name = {{small|{{lang|ha|Wazirin Sokoto}}}}

| flag = Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate.svg

| incumbentsince = 2018

| member_of = Sokoto Sultanate Council

| flagcaption = Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate

}}

The Sokoto Grand Vizier, or Wazirin Sokoto, was the grand vizier to the sultan of Sokoto, the paramount chief of the Sokoto Caliphate and suzerain of the Usman dan Fodiyo Jihad states. The position survived the fall of the empire as a largely honorary ceremonial rank in contemporary Nigeria.

==List of grand viziers==

• Abdullahi dan Fodiyo (1804–1817)
• Gidado dan Laima (1817–1842)
• Abd al-Qadir bn Usman Gidado (1842–1859)
• Ibrahim Khalilu bn Abd al-Qadir (1859–1874)
• Abdullahi Bayero bn Gidado (1874–1886)
• Muhammadu Buhari Bin Ahmad (1886–1910)
• Muhammadu Sambo bn Ahmad (1910–1912)
• Abd al- Qadir Maccido bn Bukhari (1910–12)
• Adili bn Khalilu (1912–25)
• Abbas bn Bukhari (1925–28)
• Muhammadu Junaidu Bin Buhari (1948–1997)
• Usman bin Junaid (1997–2018){{Cite news |title=Wazirin Sarkin Musulmin Nigeria ya rasu |language=ha |work=BBC News Hausa |url=https://www.bbc.com/hausa/labarai-41699516 |access-date=2023-05-02}}
• Sambo Wali Junaidu (2018-){{cite web |url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/prof-sambo-junaidu-is-new-wazirin-sokoto.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024708/https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/prof-sambo-junaidu-is-new-wazirin-sokoto.html |archive-date=2018-07-19 |title=Prof Sambo Junaidu is new Wazirin Sokoto}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/encomiums-as-junaidu-is-turbaned-the-13th-wazirin-sokoto.html |title=Encomiums as Junaidu is turbaned the 13th Wazirin Sokoto |publisher=Dailytrust.com.ng |date=2017-12-10 |accessdate=2018-07-19}}