Julius Debrah (born 24 April 1966) is a

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politician and chief of staff to the president of

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John Dramani Mahama. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the current Chief of Staff of the Republic of Ghana. In February 2015, he was appointed chief of staff after the former, Prosper Douglas Bani was removed from office and assigned to as Ambassador Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary. Debrah previously held the positions of Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Regional Minister for Eastern Region.

Education

Debrah studied at Mpraeso Secondary School then moved to Achimota Secondary School for A Levels from 1987 to 1989. Following this, he gained admission to the

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where he obtained Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Sociology.

Politics

As Parliamentary Candidate

In The 2000 Ghana Elections he stood as a parliamentary candidate in the

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and lost to Ransford Agyapong, the

New Patriotic Party The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...

candidate by gaining 12,368 of the votes cast representing 41.20% whilst the winner got 16,494 votes representing 54.90%. In 2004 he again stood for the parliamentary seat in the

and lost to the New Patriotic Party's Frederick Opare-Ansah who got a 21,720 votes representing 55.20% against his 17,125 votes representing 43.50%. In 2012 when his party was in power he once again stood for the parliamentary candidate for the

seat and lost by 388 votes the closest he had come in the three times he had stood for the parliamentary seat. He lost to the incumbent rival from the 2004 Elections Frederick Opare-Ansah, who got 24,046 votes representing 49.28% whilst he got 23,658 representing 48.49%.

Ghana Tourism Authority

In 2009 he was appointed as the chief executive officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority. He served in that role from 2009 to January 2013. In mid 2011, under his leadership and the Ministry of Tourism, the then Ghana Tourist Board was reshaped into the Ghana Tourism Authority to enhance its role in promoting tourism in Ghana through the Parliament of Ghana's passage of ACT 81

Minister of State

Regional Minister

In February 2013 Debrah was nominated by John Dramani Mahama to serve in the position of Eastern Regional Minister. After a month he was moved from Eastern Region to the capital region Greater Accra to serve as the Greater Accra Regional Minister. He served in that role for year and was seen as someone championing the involvement of the local government in nation building.

Minister for Local Government and Rural Development

Debrah was appointed to serve as Minister in charge of Local Government and Rural Development after serving as regional minister for both Greater Accra Region and Eastern Region. This was seen by experts as a move to ensure the massive involvement of the local authorities and people in decision making and nation building.

Chief of Staff

In February 2015, Julius Debrah was appointed Chief of Staff by President John Mahama, John Dramani Mahama to replace Prosper Bani after serving as the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development the one year prior. Debrah's appointment was received with joy by members of the National Democratic Congress. In January 2025, he was appointed as the chief of staff by John Mahama who was elected president for his second term in 2024.

Personal life

A native of Obomeng Kwahu, Debrah is married with two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Debrah, Julius Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Local government ministers of Ghana 1966 births University of Ghana alumni Ghanaian civil servants Politicians from Eastern Region (Ghana) Alumni of Achimota School Chiefs of staff of Ghana