Heineken Lokpobiri

Heineken Lokpobiri
At a WEF special meeting in 2024
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil)
Assumed office
21 August 2023
Serving with Ekperikpe Ekpo (Gas)
PresidentBola Tinubu
MinisterBola Tinubu
Preceded byTimipre Sylva
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
11 November 2015 – 28 May 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari
MinisterAudu Ogbeh
Preceded byBukar Tijani
Succeeded byMustapha Baba Shehuri
Senator for Bayelsa West
In office
5 June 2007 – 6 June 2015
Preceded byJohn Kojo Brambaifa
Succeeded byFoster Ogola
Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly
In office
2 June 1999 – May 2001
Member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly
In office
2 June 1999 – 2 June 2003
Personal details
Born (1967-03-03) 3 March 1967 (age 57)
Political partyAll Progressives Congress (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Peoples Democratic Party (1998–2015)
Children4
EducationRivers State University (LL.B)
Leeds Beckett University
Profession
  • Politician
  • lawyer

Heineken Lokpobiri (born 3 March 1967) is a Nigerian politician who is the minister of state for Petroleum Resources (Oil).[1] He previously served as minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2015 to 2019,[2] and as Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District from 2007 to 2015.[3] He is a former speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.

  1. ^ "Tinubu Releases Ministerial Portfolios, assigns FCT to Wike, Labour to Lalong". The Guardian. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Nigeria, Media (5 June 2018). "Biography Of Heineken Lokpobiri". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri". National Assembly of Nigeria. Retrieved 25 May 2012.