Senator. Hope Uzodinma
Executive Governor Imo State and Chairman S.E Governors Forum.
Early life
Hope Uzodimma was born in Omuma to an Igbo Catholic family. His father Chief Michael Uzodinma held the chieftaincy title of Igwe of Ozuh Omuma and his mother was Ezinne Rose Uzodimma (née Nneoha). He is a kinsman of the Okoro family of Etiti-Omuma. He is married to Chioma Uzodinma with seven children.
Education
Uzodimma holds a Diploma in Maritime Management Technology, and Higher Diploma in the same field, from the Federal University of Technology Owerri.
He also has a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from Washington University in St. Louis.
Career
1983
1983
National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
Imo State youth leader, National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
United Nigeria Congress Party.
Prominent member of the United Nigeria Congress Party.
1990s
1990s
1989
1989
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
National Caucus Member, National Executive Committee and on the Board of Trustees Member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) between 1999 and 2017.
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Decamped to the Alliance for Democracy (AD), becoming the party’s candidate for the Imo State gubernatorial election.
2002
2002
2004
2004
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Returned to the PDP
sworn in as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Imo West Senatorial District of Imo State.
2011
2011
2018
2018
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Left the Peoples Democratic Party and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to contest for governor of Imo State in the 2019 gubernatorial elections.
On 15 January 2020, he and Placid Njoku were sworn in as the Governor of Imo State and Deputy Governor of Imo State respectively
2020
2020
2023
2023
On 31 May 2023, Uzodimma emerged as chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, the umbrella body of governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), replacing Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, the former governor of Kebbi State with the governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani as the vice chairman.
