Michael Okpara
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Umuahia, 25 Disamba 1920
ƙasa	Najeriya
Mutuwa	17 Disamba 1984
Karatu
Makaranta	Yaba College (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Majalisar Najeriya da Kamaru

Michael Iheonukara Okpara yayi rayuwarshi daga (25 Disamban shekarata 1920 - 17 Disamban shekarar 1984) ɗan siyasan Nijeriya ne kuma Firayim Minista na Gabashin Najeriya a lokacin Jamhuriya ta Farko, daga 1959 zuwa 1966. A shekaru 39, ya kasance Firayim Ministan mafi karancin shekaru. Ya kasance mai bayar da karfi ga abin da ya kira "gurguzancin gurguzu" kuma ya yi imanin cewa sake fasalin aikin noma na da matukar muhimmanci ga nasarar Najeriya.

Michael Okpara, wani Ohuhu-Igbo ne, an haife shi a ranar 25 ga Disamba, 1920 a Umuegwu Okpuala, Ohuhu, a yankin Umuahia, a halin yanzu Jihar Abia ta Nijeriya. Duk da cewa shi dan lebura ne, amma ya samu damar halartar makarantun mishan sannan daga baya ya tafi Kwalejin Methodist ta Uzuakoli, inda ya sami gurbin karatu a likitanci a Kwalejin Yaba da ke Legas. Ya kammala karatun likitancin sa a makarantar koyon aikin likitanci ta Najeriya, ya yi aiki a takaice a matsayin jami’in kula da lafiya na gwamnati kafin ya koma Umuahia ya kafa aikin kansa.

Ya kasance memba na Royal Academy of Physicians na Burtaniya. Michael Okpara Way, a Abuja an sanya masa suna, haka kuma jami’ar aikin gona ta Michael Okpara da ke Umudike, Okpara Square a Enugu; Michael Okpara Kwalejin Aikin Gona a Jihar Imo (tunda aka sauya masa suna zuwa Kimiyyar Kere-kere ta Imo). Ya karɓi lambar yabo ta GCON (Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger), ɗayan ɗaukakar girmamawa a Nijeriya, a cikin 1964. Akwai mutum-mutumin nasa a Enugu, Jihar Enugu, da ma wani mutum-mutumin nasa a Umuahia, babban birnin jihar Abia ta yanzu.^[1]