Alexander Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON (21 ga Oktoba 1932 - 19 Nuwamba 2017) shi ne zababben Mataimakin Shugaban Najeriya na farko daga 1979 zuwa 1983 a lokacin Jamhuriya ta Biyu ta Najeriya da ke aiki karkashin Shugaba Shehu Shagari a matsayin memba na Jam’iyyar Jama’a ta Kasa (NPN) . An haifi Alex Ekwueme ga iyayen Igbo a Garin Oko, a jihar Anambra a ranar 21 ga Oktoba 1932. Ya rasu da karfe 10:00 na daren Lahadi 19 ga Nuwamba 2017 a wani asibitin Landan. Dole ne a kai shi can bayan ya koma cikin suma wanda ya fada cikinsa sakamakon faduwarsa a gidansa na Enugu. Ekwueme ya fara makarantar firamare a St John's Anglican Central School, a Ekwulobia, sannan ya zarce zuwa Kwalejin King, Legas . A matsayinsa na mai ba da kyautar Fulbright Scholarship a Amurka (kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Najeriya na farko da suka sami lambar yabo), Ya halarci Jami'ar Washington inda ya sami digiri na farko a Tsarin gine -gine da tsara birni. Ya samu digirinsa na biyu a fannin tsara birane.