Papa Owusu-Ankomah
| Papa Owusu-Ankomah | |
|---|---|
 Member of Parliament
|
|
|
Assumed office January 1997 |
|
| Succeeded by | In Office |
| Constituency | Sekondi |
| Deputy Majority Leader and Deputy Minister for Government Business | |
|
In office 10 January 2001 – 30 July 2001 |
|
| Minister for Youth and Sports | |
|
In office August 2001 – September 2001 |
|
| Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | |
|
In office October 2001 – March 2003 |
|
| Attorney-General and Minister for Justice | |
|
In office April 2003 – 3 February 2005 |
|
| Minister for Interior | |
|
In office 11 January 2005 – 27 April2006 |
|
| Minister for Education, Science and Sports | |
|
Assumed office 5 February 2006 |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 27, 1958 Sekondi, Western Region
|
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mrs. Augustina Owusu-Ankomah |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Religion | Christian, Methodist |
| Website | www.papaowusuankomah.com |
Papa Owusu-Ankomah, sometimes called the Quiet Dynamo of Ghanaian politics, was born in Ghana on 27 April 1958 to a family of entrepreneurs in the retail and real estate industries in the Western Region. Papa’s father, the late Mr. Yaw Owusu-Ankomah, hailed from Atibie in the Kwahu District of the Eastern Region, while his mother, a still feisty octogenarian – Madam Araba Owomoye Owusu-Ankomah - hails from Dixcove in the Western Region.
Growing up in the cosmopolitan twin port cities of Sekondi-Takoradi, Papa lived in close proximity to the Zongo neighbourhood of Sekondi, and had the opportunity to make friends with a very broad range of Ghanaians. Papa’s tolerance and his ability to appeal to people of all ethnic backgrounds, faiths and creeds stem from this facet of his upbringing.
Papa’s education began in primary schools in Takoradi, from which he entered Mfantsipim School, a preeminent Ghanaian Secondary School, with a reputation for training its students for leadership positions. During his years in Mfantsipim, Papa acquired the people- and consensus-building skills for which he is well-known today. He was a very successful student at Mfantsipm, achieving the requisite high marks at the West African Examination Council’s Advanced Level Examination for entrance into University.
At the University of Ghana, Legon Papa Owusu-Ankomah’s choice of the law was a key landmark in his career development as a future leader of Ghana. As a law student, Papa recognized that civil liberties, an issue of contemporaneous concern, and the rule of law would at the heart of the country’s future democratic dispensation.
He excelled as a student at Legon, graduating with an LL.B (Hons) 2nd Class Upper Division in 1979 even as he maintained a busy schedule of extracurricular activities in the social, cultural, religious and political life of the University. Papa was accepted to the Ghana School of Law, where he completed his professional studies in the Law in 1981, and was called to the Ghana Bar that same year.
In his professional career, which includes distinguished service as the Attorney-General of Ghana, Papa Owusu-Ankomah has become recognized as one of the most seasoned lawyers in the country. He was the managing partner in the practice of Owusu-Ankomah, Amanquah & Co. just prior to becoming a full-time politician when the New Patriotic Party took office in 2001.
As a lawyer, Papa Owusu-Ankomah is renowned for his work on behalf of activists of the New Patriotic Party, some of whom have been wrongfully persecuted as they tried to exercise their constitutional rights. Papa’s service to the N.P.P. goes far beyond donating his legal services, as important as this was at the time.
The record of Papa Owusu-Ankomah’s service to the Party shows that he was at one time or the other the: Founding member and Chairman of the Western Region branch of the New Patriotic Party, Founding member of the Danquah-Busia Club, Member of the Western Regional Campaign team in 1992 and 1996, Member of the National Campaign Board in 2006, Chairman of the Communications and Publicity Committee of the Camp Board of the NPP for the 2000 elections, Member of the National Steering Committee - which came up with the “Positive Change slogan - from October 2001 to March 2003, Member of the National Executive Committee of the NPP from 1997 to date, Member of the National Council of the NPP from 1997 to date. No newcomer to the political arena, Papa’s work in the NPP is both extensive and significant. Papa has been a leading member of the Western Region N.P.P. since its inception, when he worked with stalwarts such as Mr. Stephen Krakue, of blessed memory, to form a viable political party to contest the National Democratic Congress’s hold on power. In 1996, upon wresting the Sekondi constituency seat away from a National Democratic Congress stalwart, Papa embarked on a parliamentary career that has served to showcase other facets of his considerable talents.
...
Wikipedia