Otumfuo-Yere Julia Osei Tutu (born Julia Ama Adwapa Amaning on 14 December) is the wife of

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Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II Osei Tutu II (born Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May 1950) is the 16th List of rulers of Asante, Asantehene, enstooled on 26 April 1999. By name, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire, Osei Ko ...

, ruler of the Asante Kingdom.

Early life

Julia Osei Tutu was born as Julia Ama Adwapa Amaning, the last of five children born to Stephen A. Amaning, a retired career diplomat and Ernestina A. Amaning. A daughter of

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in the

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, Lady Julia and

married in April 2002. She is a member of the Oyoko Dynasty by marriage.

Education

Lady Julia received her primary education at schools in

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and in

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, until 1982, after which she entered

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in Cape Coast for her secondary school education, where she obtained her 'O' Level Certificate in 1986 and 'A' Level Certificate in 1988. In 1989, Lady Julia entered the Faculty of Law at the

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and obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree with honours, LL.B. (Hons.) in 1992. She continued her law studies at the

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, Accra, where she completed the Professional Law Course and was called to the Ghana Bar in 1994. On completion of the Professional Law Course, she served as a teaching assistant in international law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana for a year and also undertook private practice at the Law Offices of Agyemang and Associates, a law firm in Accra. In September 1995, Lady Julia Osei Tutu was admitted for postgraduate studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) in international humanitarian law, after which she served as an intern with

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's United Nations Office in New York.

Work

In 1998, she returned to Ghana and joined Ecobank Ghana Limited as legal and corporate affairs officer. She was also, until March 2002, secretary to the National Partnership for Children's Trust, which trust is concerned with the promotion of the welfare of children in Ghana. She is also a patron of the Otumfuo Charity Foundation. Lady Julia speaks

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and

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References

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