David Medayese Jemibewon (Listenⓘ) (born 20 July 1940) is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as military governor of the now defunct Western State (August 1975 – March 1976) during the military regime of General Murtala Muhammed, governor of Oyo State after it had been created from part of the old Western State (March 1976 -July 1978) during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo,[1] and later as Minister of Police Affairs in the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo after the return to democracy (1999 to 2000).

[6] In August 1975 he was appointed governor of Western State replacing Akintunde Aduwo, who had held office for just 30 days.

"[14] In the run up to the April 2003 Senatorial elections for Kogi West, he was the main competitor to the incumbent Tunde Ogbeha for the PDP candidature.

[6] In August 2003 Jemibewon was listed as a director of EBS Nigeria, a company relatively unknown before June 2006 when it emerged as a big player in a N2.5 billion contract for anti-retroviral drugs from the Federal Ministry of Health.

[16] He is the proprietor of Jemibewon International Academy, a co-educational boarding school located at Km 20 on the Kabba-Ilorin highway, which was formally opened and dedicated on 20 July 2012 by the Catholic Bishop of Lokoja Diocese, Most Rev.