Gloria Akuffo (born 31 December 1954) is a

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ian lawyer and politician who serves as the Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice, since 2017. She is a former Deputy Attorney General and Aviation Minister.

Early life and education

She was born on 31 December 1954 in Accra and comes from

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in the Eastern Region and Shai Osudoku in the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

. Gloria Akuffo graduated in 1979 from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the B ...

with a B.A. (Hons) in Law and Political Science. She became a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of

, enrolling at the

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in 1982.

Career

She was a founding partner in a private legal firm, Owusu-Yeboa, Akuffo & Associates, in Accra. She is Head of Litigation at Blay and Associates.

Politics

She is a member of the

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. From 2001 to 2005 Akuffo was Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, the first woman to hold these positions. From 2005 to 2006 Akuffo was Deputy Minister for the Greater Accra Region. Akuffo served as the first Minister of Aviation from 2006 till July 2008. She was appointed Ambassador to

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in July 2008.

2012 Election Petition

Gloria was a key member of the legal team of New Patriotic Party during the 2012 election petition with Philip Addison as the lead counsel.

References

1954 births Living people Ghanaian women lawyers University of Ghana alumni Alumni of Aburi Girls' Senior High School 21st-century Ghanaian politicians 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians Cabinet Ministers of Ghana People from Accra Women government ministers of Ghana Attorneys General of Ghana New Patriotic Party politicians Female justice ministers 20th-century Ghanaian lawyers {{Ghana-politician-stub