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    Rotimi Amaechi

    Nigerian politician (born 1965)

    Chibuike Rotimi AmaechiCON (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerianpolitician, who served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.[1] He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the governing All Progressive Congress (APC).[2] He had previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State, from 2007 to 2015 and earlier, as speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007.[3] On 9 April 2022, Amaechi declared interest to contest in the presidential election in 2023.

    He polled second position in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind eventual president Bola Tinubu with 316 delegate votes against Tinubu's 1271 votes.[4]

    Background

    Amaechi was born in Ubima Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State to the family of the late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mary Amaec