predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
simeon oduoye igwe aja-nwachukwu martin elechi ruqayyah ahmed rufa'i people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- governor of ebonyi state federal minister of education 20 june 1954 29 may 1999 17 december 2008 sam egwu
 29 may 2007 17 march 2010 sam ominyi egwu
sam egwu

sam ominyi egwu -lrb- born 20 june 1954 -rrb- is a member of the ruling people 's democratic party -lrb- pdp -rrb- in nigeria .
he was governor of ebonyi state in nigeria from 29 may 1999 to 29 may 2007 .
president umaru yar ` adua appointed him federal minister of education in december 2008 .
acting president goodluck jonathan replaced him by ruqayyah ahmed rufa'i in april 2010 .
egwu was former president olusegun obasanjo 's choice to become national chairman of the pdp at its 2008 national convention .
however , at the convention on march 8 , 2008 , he withdrew in favor of the compromise candidate prince vincent ogbulafor , who was chosen as an alternative to egwu and his main rival for the position , anyim pius anyim .
his stay as education minister was characterized by asuu -lrb- academic staff union of universities -rrb- and other university union strikes .
this led to people demanding for his sack .
