# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-egwu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:07:07.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-egwu"
name: "Sam Egwu"
slug: "sam-egwu"
description: "Sam Ominyi Egwu CON is a Nigerian politician and member of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria. He was elected Governor of Ebonyi State in the 1999 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Dr Egwu is noted as pillar of educational development in Ebonyi state and Nigeria. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Agriculture in 1981. He later received a master's degrees in Agricultural from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1987 and Doctorate in Agronomy from Enugu State University of Technology in 1996. He was a senior lecturer at Enugu State University of Technology and served as commissioner for education in Ebonyi state contributed to the successes recorded in education sector during his tenure as governor."
tagline: "Nigerian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Egwu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.89
  momentum:             7.96875
  historical:           5.748345333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Egwu"
    title: "Sam Egwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Egwu"
    title: "Sam Egwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Egwu"
    title: "Sam Egwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Egwu"
    title: "Sam Egwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Egwu"
    title: "Sam Egwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Egwu"
    title: "Sam Egwu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%88"
    title: "سیم ایگوو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510864"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump