| Alex Kadiri | |
| Birth Name: | Alex Usman Kadiri |
| Office1: | Director-General of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources |
| President1: | Ibrahim Babangida |
| Term Start1: | January 1990 |
| Term End1: | February 1995 |
| Office2: | Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Kogi East senatorial district |
| Term Start2: | 1999 |
| Term End2: | 2007 |
| Successor2: | Nicholas Ugbane |
| Constituency2: | Kogi East |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Odu, Dekina LGA, Kogi State, Nigeria |
| Children: | 4 |
| Party: | All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), All People's Party (APP) |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
Alex Usman Kadiri (; born 21 June 1942) is a Nigerian politician who was the senator representing Kogi East senatorial district from 1999 to 2007.[1] [2]
Kadiri was born on 21 June 1942 in Odu, Dekina in Kogi State, Nigeria.[3] He went to Quartic school and Native Authority, a school in Odu, where he grew up. He proceeded to PSS in Ogene, for his secondary education from 1962 to 1966. However, he left for Maiduguri to study in HSC government school (1967-1968). Kadiri furthered to the University of Ibadan, where he graduated with degree in Physiology and Human Anatomy. In 1974, he left for the University of Leeds, where he earned his PhD.
Upon his return, he served as a member of board and committee of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) 1981. In 1989 after the recreation of FM WE by former president Ibrahim Babangida and Abubakar Habu Hashidu became the minister while Kadiri became the Director-General, an office he worked for 1990 till 1994.[4]
Kadiri is a Roman Catholic. He married Pauline Osude in Leeds and had five children.