John Dyegh

John Dyegh is a Nigerian politician, businessman and philanthropist from Gboko, Benue State who served as a member of the 9th Nigeria National Assembly, representing Gboko/Tarka Federal constituency at the House of Representatives of Nigeria. Dyegh previously served as a member of committee on Appropriations, Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Education, Gas Resources, Inter-Parliamentary Relations, Science and Technology in the 7th National Assembly. He ran for the second term as a favourite candidate, bearing the flag of the All Progressives Congress and retained his seat, following the announcement of 28 March National Assembly Polls in the 2015 General Elections in which he polled 67,463 votes to defeat his challenger, Bernard Nenger of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) with 26,329 votes. He ran for a third term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and won. Dyegh successfully served his 3rd term in the National Assembly and was the House committee chairman on Human Rights. He ran for a fourth term under the platform of the Peoples' Democratic Party where he lost to Regina Akume, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. ^{John Dyegh, Nigerian businessman and politician}

2 December 1962

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Ann Patchett • Brandon Knight (basketball) • Cahir Healy • Deb Haaland • Else Marie Pade • Emperor Jianwen of Liang • Henry Yesler • James Edward Smith (botanist) • Maëlle Ricker • Song Ha-yoon • Sylvia Syms (singer) • Vladimir Parfenovich • Willie Brown (American football)

Born in the same month (December 1962): Arturo Barrios • Carles Puigdemont • Gary Freeman (rugby league) • John Kampfner • José Cura • Kevin Richardson (footballer) • Leza Lowitz • Mike Golic • Nikos Karageorgiou • Nivek Ogre • Rex Ryan • Sherri Steinhauer • Tyrone Corbin • William Perry (American football)