Gloria Akuffo

The Honourable
Gloria Afua Akuffo
Minister for Justice
Assumed office
21 January 2017
President Nana Akufo-Addo
Preceded by Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong
Personal details
Born (1952-12-31) 31 December 1952
Accra, Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Alma mater University of Ghana
Profession Lawyer

Gloria Akuffo (born 31 December 1954) is a Ghanaian lawyer from Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region and Shai Osudoku in the Greater Accra Region. She is a former Deputy Attorney General and currently the Attorney general for Ghana. She is Head of Litigation at Blay and Associates.

Education

Gloria Akuffo graduated in 1979 from the University of Ghana with a B.A. (Hons) in Law and Political Science. She became a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Ghana, enrolling at the Ghana Bar Association in 1982. She was a founding partner in a private legal firm, Owusu-Yeboa, Akuffo & Associates, in Accra.[1]

Politics

From 2001 to 2005 Akuffo was Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, the first woman to hold these positions. In 2005-06 she was Deputy Minister of the Accra Region. Appointed Minister of Aviation in 2008, she was the Lead Counsel on the 2013 Election Petition case before the Supreme Court.[2]

2012 Election Petition

Gloria was a key member of the legal team of New Patriotic Party during the 2012 election petition.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Africa Leadership Initiative: List of Fellows Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  3. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Gloria Akuffo: Tsatsu Was My Lecturer But He Is Not Showing Good Ethics In Court". Retrieved 2017-01-10.
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