On thisday October 29 1935 Evan Enwerem was born in Ikeduru, Imo State, Nigeria. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He was a Nigerian politician who served as President of the Nigerian Senate in 1999. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party. Evan Enwerem was elected to the Nigerian Senate in 1999 to represent the Imo-East Senatorial Zone. He became the first President of the Nigerian Senate during Nigeria's Fourth Republic. Enwerem beat his chief rival, Senator Chuba Okadigbo, for the Senatepresidency on June 3, 1999. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo backed Enwerem for President of the Senate against Okadigbo. With the support of the Obasanjo's allies in the governing parties, plus support from two Nigerian opposition parties, Enwerem easily defeated Okadigbo with 66 votes to Okadigbo's 43 votes.
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