Gabe Okoye
Gabe Okoye | |
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 102nd district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
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Gabe Okoye is Nigerian–American civil engineer, former chair, and a current commissioner of planning in Gwinnett County.[1][2] On November 8, 2022, he became a legislator elect at the 2022 US midterm elections representing Georgia State and he took office on January 9, 2023.[3][2][4][5][1]
Biography
Okoye is a native of Enugwu-Agidi . He relocated to United States in 1981.[6] He began working as a security guard. He later enrolled in college where he became a civil engineer and eventually founded a company called Essex Geoscientist. Okoye is married with four children and has been living in Atlanta since 1992[2][6]
Political career
Okoye is a Democrat and he became the Gwinnett party chairman in 2016. In 2018, he recorded massive wins that captured 13 seats out of the 25 seats available in the county. This historic wins made the Georgia House of Representatives with Resolution 313 of 2019 declared November 6 of 2019 as Gabe Okoye Leadership Day.[6]
References
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- ^ a b c Bankole, Idowu (August 1, 2020). "Nigerian-born politician, Okoye blazes trail in U.S. politics". Vanguard News. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ "Gabe Okoye". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ [email protected] (November 9, 2022). "Meet eight Nigerian-Americans who won legislative seats in US midterm elections". Vanguard News. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ Olaniyi, Muideen (November 9, 2022). "US midterm polls: Buhari congratulates Nigerian-Americans on election victory". Daily Trust. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c Nigeria, News Agency Of (August 1, 2020). "Nigerian-born politician, Okoye blazes trail in US politics". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved November 10, 2022.