Politics of Ghana takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president of Ghana is both head of state and head of government,and of a two party system. The seat of government is at Golden Jubilee House. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and Parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra,Ghana. It is the oldest public university in Ghana.
George B. N. Ayittey was a Ghanaian economist and author. He was president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington,D.C.,a professor at American University,and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Mari Elka Pangestu,is an Indonesian economist who served as managing director of Development Policy and Partnerships in the World Bank from 2020 to 2023. The President of the World Bank,David Malpass,announced her appointment on 9 January 2020 saying that she would be responsible for development policy and partnerships in her role in the bank. Previously she served as Minister of Trade in Indonesia from October 2004 to October 2011.
Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley,the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodism,John Wesley.
Mahamudu Bawumia is a Ghanaian and former central banker who serves as the 5th Vice President of Ghana in the 4th Ghanaian Republic. He assumed office on 7th January 2017 as Vice President of Ghana.
Kwabena Duffuor was the Finance Minister of Ghana. He served as the governor of the Bank of Ghana. He was named as one of the four best Central Bank Governors in the World at an IMF/World Bank meeting in 1999. He is a Fellow of the Akuafo Hall,University of Ghana,and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was a Ghanaian economist,academic and politician who was the fifth Vice-President of Ghana's 4th Republic,in office from 6 August 2012 until 7 January 2017,under President John Dramani Mahama. Previously he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
Henry Akpenamawu Kofi Wampah is a Ghanaian economist and former Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei is the UN International Elections Commissioner,a Ghanaian lawyer and former chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 2015 until she was dismissed in June 2018 on grounds of financial malfeasance. Her dismissal has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Ghana by two separate writs. She became the first female to serve in the office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana since the independence of Ghana. Before her appointment she was the chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education. In May 2019,she was appointed by the United Nations to be on a team of international advisors,to assist in managing the 2019 presidential elections in Afghanistan.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is a Ghanaian lawyer,women's rights activist,and a politician who has been actively involved in politics and public service representing Ablekuma West Constituency. She is currently the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation.
Mary Chinery-Hesse,,née Blay is an international civil servant and diplomat serving as the first woman Chancellor of the University of Ghana,inducted on 1 August 2018. She was the first female Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization
Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku is a Ghanaian governance expert,economist,and former Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Junaid Kamal Ahmad is a Bangladeshi economist. He is the current World Bank country director for India.
Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko (1956) is a Ghanaian economist,politician and a former banker. He was the vice president of the Bank of New York. He was the former Minister for Energy in Ghana.
Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison is a Ghanaian economist Who serves as the current and 15th governor of the Bank of Ghana. He had previously worked at the same central bank as director of research from 2003 to 2011,and as an economist at the African Development Bank.
Joyce Msuya is a Tanzanian microbiologist and environmental scientist who has been serving as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs since 2021. From 2018 to 2021,she served as the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.
Abena Frempongmaa Daagye Oduro is the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Ghana where she also holds the position of Associate Professor of the Department of Economics. Having had 30 years of experience teaching,her areas of specialization are centred around gender and asset management,international economics,poverty analysis,macroeconomic theory and trade policy. Abena Oduro is the first Vice President of the Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists (AAAWE) where Professor of Economics in University of Kansas,Elizabeth Asiedu,is the founder and president. She is also the president elect of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE),her tenure will be 2021 to 2022.
Joseph Leo Seko Abbey was a Ghanaian economist,politician and diplomat. He served as Ghana's Commissioner for Economic Planning from 1978 to 1979. He was Ghana High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1986,Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1986 to 1990,and Ghana Ambassador to the United States of America from 1990 to 1994.
Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles is a Costa Rican politician and economist who has served as the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since May 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during the presidency of Carlos Alvarado Quesada.
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