Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs-designate
The Minister of Foreign Affairs-designate, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is scheduled to appear before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Friday, January 31, 2025, for evaluation of his nomination.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is a four-term legislator representing North Tongu in the Volta Region. He has had an illustrious public service career spanning some two decades.
He has a reputation for being a strong advocate for ethical, transparent, and transformational leadership. For nearly eight years, between 2017 and 2024, he served as a Ranking Member of the select committee on Foreign Affairs.
He rose to become the first Chairman of the reformed Assurances Committee.
The lawmaker is currently the Chairman of President John Mahama’s flagship anti-corruption drive, Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL). In 2009, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Information by late former President John Evans Atta Mills.
His academic credentials include reading Political Science, Philosophy and Economics for his first degree at the University of Ghana, an LLB from the University of London, an MSc in Defence and International Politics from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, an MA in Communications and PR from the University of Leicester and an Executive Certificate in Leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School of Governance.
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