Oye Owolewa
Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa (born 1989) is a Nigerian-American politician, pharmacist, and a member of the Democratic Party. In November 2020, he was elected as the shadow representative of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. As a shadow congressperson, Owolewa is tasked with lobbying for D.C. statehood; the unpaid position is authorized by D.C. voters in 1982, but never approved by Congress.  Although mistakenly described in Nigerian media as the first Nigerian-American to be elected to the U.S. Congress, Owolewa is not a member of Congress.

Early life and education 
Owolewa was born in Nigeria, to a father from Omu Aran in Kwara State and a mother from Ilesa in Osun State.  He is the grandson of Phoebe C. Ajayi-Obe, a senior advocate of Nigeria.  Oye was raised in Boston, where he attended Boston Latin School and graduated in 2008. In 2014, he earned a doctorate in pharmacy from Northeastern University and moved to Washington to practice pharmacy.

Career
In 2014, he started work as a pharmacist. In 2018, he was elected a D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission for Ward 8, District 8E.

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1989 births
21st-century American politicians
American pharmacists
American people of Nigerian descent
American people of Yoruba descent
Living people
United States shadow representatives from the District of Columbia
Washington, D.C. Democrats
Yoruba politicians