Vop Osili
| Vop Osili | |
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| Member of the Indianapolis City-County Council from the 15th district |
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Assumed office January 1, 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Doris Minton-McNeill |
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| Born | 1963 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Una Okonkwo Osili |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Alma mater |
Carnegie-Mellon University Columbia University |
| Profession | Architect |
Samuel Ifeanyi "Vop" Osili, Jr. is a Democratic politician from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council from the 15th district, in the southwestern portion of Center Township. On December 22, 2011; an Indiana judge declared him the secretary of state-elect of Indiana due to first-place finisher Charlie White's ineligibility, though this was later reversed on appeal.
Osili was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and an American mother. He was said to be a very talkative as a toddler, which led his parents to nickname him "Vop"--short for "Voice of the People." The nickname stuck. In the midst of the Nigerian Civil War, he and his mother fled back to the United States; his father didn't follow them for another five years. They settled in his maternal grandparents' home in Haughville.
He grew up as a Republican, but became a Democrat in the 1990s.
Osili graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in architecture, and earned a master's degree in architecture and urban design from Columbia University. He later served as a missionary to Haiti and other developing countries. He is a founding partner of A2SO4, an Indianapolis-based architectural design company that was one of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified firms in the nation. He was a member of the Indiana Fire and Building Services Commission from 2001 to 2005, and chairman of the Indianapolis Board of Zoning Appeals from 2005 to 2008. At various times, he served as a member of the boards of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, the United Way of Central Indiana and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
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