Rotimi Amaechi

Rotimi Amaechi Biography / Profile

Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi was born in Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria on May 27th, 1965 to the family of late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mrs Mary Amaechi

Rotimi Amaechi Age

Rotimi Amaechi is 59 years old.

Rotimi Amaechi Early Life

Amaechi was raised in Diobu, a densely populated neighbourhood in Port Harcourt, and had his early education at St Theresa's Primary School from 1970 to 1976. He attended Government Secondary School Okolobiri where he earned his West African Senior School Certificate in 1982. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt in 1987, where he was the President of the National Union of Rivers State Students (NURSS). He completed the mandatory National Youth Service corps in 1988.

Rotimi Amaechi Career

After his youth service, Amaechi joined the Services of Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Limited owned by Peter Odili, the former Governor of Rivers State where he worked until 1992. He ventured into politics early as secretary of the now defunct National Republican Convention in Ikwerre between 1992 and 1994, he was Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Rivers State and has also served as the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. He contested and won the People’s Democratic Party primary for Rivers State Governor in 2007. His name was substituted and he took the case to highest court in the land, the Supreme court. He became Governor on October 26th, 2007, after the Supreme Court pronounced him the rightful candidate of the PDP and winner of the April 2007 Governorship election in Rivers State. He was reelected for a second term of four years in April 2011 and was succeeded by Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on May 29th, 2015.

He formerly belonged to the opposition party People's Democratic Party before joining the All Progressive Congress in 2013. In 2015, he was appointed the Honorable Minister for Transportation, Federal Republic of Nigeria