Dr Michael Iheonukara Okpara, 1920–1984 (aged 63 years)
- Name
- Dr Michael Iheonukara /Okpara/
- Name prefix
- Dr
- Given names
- Michael Iheonukara
- Surname
- Okpara
| Birth | December 25, 1920 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara
Date of entry in original source: July 30, 2020 Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara Quality of data: primary evidence |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | David Lloyd George from December 6, 1916 to October 23, 1922 (aged 1 year) |
| 29th President of the United States | Warren G Harding March 4, 1921 (aged 2 months) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Bonar Law from October 23, 1922 to May 22, 1923 (aged 2 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Stanley Baldwin from May 22, 1923 to January 22, 1924 (aged 3 years) |
| 30th President of the United States | Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 2 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Ramsey MacDonald from January 22, 1924 to June 7, 1935 (aged 14 years) |
| 31st President of the United States | Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 8 years) |
| 32nd President of the United States | Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 12 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Stanley Baldwin from June 7, 1935 to May 28, 1937 (aged 16 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Neville Chamberlain from May 28, 1937 to May 10, 1940 (aged 19 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Winston Churchill from May 10, 1940 to July 26, 1945 (aged 24 years) |
| World War 2 | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 24 years) |
| 33rd President of the United States | Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 24 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Clement Atlee from July 26, 1945 to October 26, 1951 (aged 30 years) |
| National Health Service | Free healthcare for all from July 5, 1948 (aged 27 years) |
| Olympic Games | Games of the XIV Olympiad from July 29, 1948 to August 14, 1948 (aged 27 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Winston Churchill from October 26, 1951 to April 6, 1955 (aged 34 years) |
| 34th President of the United States | Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953 (aged 32 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Anthony Eden from April 6, 1955 to January 10, 1957 (aged 36 years) |
| Occupation | Premier of Eastern Nigeria October 1, 1959 (aged 38 years)Michael I. Okpara and Adanma Enyidiya Okpara at the Enugu Stadium during Billy Graham's crusade in the city. Note: Michael I. Okpara and Adanma Enyidiya Okpara at the Enugu Stadium during Billy Graham's crusade in t… Michael I. Okpara and Adanma Enyidiya Okpara at the Enugu Stadium during Billy Graham's crusade in the city. |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Harold Macmillan from January 10, 1957 to October 19, 1963 (aged 42 years) |
| 35th President of the United States | John F Kennedy January 20, 1961 (aged 40 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Alex Douglas-Home from October 19, 1963 to October 16, 1964 (aged 43 years) |
| 36th President of the United States | Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963 (aged 42 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Harold Wilson from October 16, 1964 to June 19, 1970 (aged 49 years) |
| 37th President of the United States | Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 (aged 48 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Edward Heath from June 19, 1970 to March 4, 1974 (aged 53 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Harold Wilson from March 4, 1974 to April 5, 1976 (aged 55 years) |
| 38th President of the United States | Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 (aged 53 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | James Callaghan from April 5, 1976 to May 4, 1979 (aged 58 years) |
| 39th President of the United States | Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 (aged 56 years) |
| Winter of Discontent | Mass industrial action, power cuts and a three-day working week. from October 1978 to February 1979 (aged 58 years) |
| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Margaret Thatcher from May 4, 1979 to November 28, 1990 (on the date of death) |
| 40th President of the United States | Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 (aged 60 years) |
| Death | December 17, 1984 (aged 63 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara
Date of entry in original source: July 30, 2020 Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara Quality of data: primary evidence |
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1920–1984
Birth: December 25, 1920 — Umuegwu Okpuala, Ohuhu, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria Occupation: Premier of Eastern Nigeria — October 1, 1959 Death: December 17, 1984 — Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria |
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| wife |
Adanma Enyidiya …
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| son |
Nnawuihe Okpara
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| son |
Uzodinma Okpara
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| daughter |
Chinyere Okpara
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| son |
Enyinna Okpara
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| daughter |
Ugonwa Okpara
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| daughter |
Ijeoma Okpara
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| Birth | Wikipedia Citation details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara
Date of entry in original source: July 30, 2020 Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara Quality of data: primary evidence |
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| Death | Wikipedia Citation details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara
Date of entry in original source: July 30, 2020 Text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okpara Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Note | Michael Okpara was Premier of Eastern Nigeria during the First Republic, from 1959 to 1966. He was the nation's youngest Premier. |
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| Note | At 39 years, Michael Okpara was the youngest Premier of Nigeria & the Eastern Region for six years & Port Harcourt as part of the Eastern region. He was responsible for setting up the Trans Amadi Industrial Area, Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt and Enugu Michelin Tyre Factory in Port Harcourt, Obudu Cattle Ranch in Calabar, the Owerri shoe Industry, the Aba Textile Mill and Port Harcourt seaport expansion. He did all these with No crude Oil revenue, but resources from palm oil, coal and limestone. In Port Harcourt, Dr Michael Okpara’s visionary acumen blossomed in the establishment and development of a vast Trans Amadi Industrial Estate which, to this day, remains the heartbeat and bulwark of industrial development in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Dr Okpara was the son of a labourer but rose to become a medical doctor of distinction. He never owned a house. He practised “Pragmatic Socialism” and his hobby was building infrastructure development for the Old Eastern Nigeria as well as encouraging agriculture. After the unfortunate civil war, he went to exile in Ireland where he practised Medicine. Before his return from exile in 1979, his friends took up the task to build him a house in his village at Umuegwu in Umuahia, Abia state and that was the only house and property he had.Dr. Michael Okpara died on December 17, 1984, and today, a University of Agriculture is named after him in Umudike and likewise, a street is named after him in Abuja. It was in the house built by his friends that he was buried in 1985. |
