Brigitte Dzogbenuku | |
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Progressive People's Party candidate for President of Ghana | |
Election date 7 December 2020 | |
Running mate | Kofi Asamoah-Siaw |
Opponent(s) | Nana Akufo-Addo John Mahama and 9 others |
Incumbent | Nana Akufo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | Progressive People's Party |
Alma mater | University of Ghana |
Occupation | Politician |
Known for | Miss Ghana 1990 [1] [2] |
Brigitte Dzogbenuku is a Ghanaian politician and beauty queen who won Miss Ghana 1990. [3] During 2020,she was the presidential candidate for the Progressive People's Party. [4]
Dzogbenuku had her secondary education at Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast. She proceeded to the University of Ghana to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages.
Dzogbenuku is a columnist at the Graphic Communication Group Limited where she writes for Graphic Mirror under Manners Matter. She was formerly General Manager at the Aviation Social Center for more than 12 years. She also worked with Ashanti Goldfields Corporation as well as SC Johnson Wax Ghana. [5] She established a recreational management consultancy which operated the Barclays clubhouse for a period. She has worked on Mujeres Por Africa/ NYU Wagner Institute program as a facilitator. She has set-up an institution to groom women in leadership called Mentoring Women Ghana (MWG). [6]
She became a politician,like her Miss Ghana successor,Matilda Aku Alomatu who also went into a public life. [7]
Dzogbenuku won the Miss Ghana beauty pageant in 1990. [1] [2] She also won the Fortune/Goldman Sachs Women's Leadership Award in 2008. [8]
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