Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes

Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes

Infobox Politician


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small_| office = Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
(3rd of Fourth Republic)
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predecessor = Joseph Richard Asiedu
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birth_date = birth date and age |1939|9|4
birth_place = Cape Coast, Ghana
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Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes (born 4 September 1939) is the current Speaker of the Ghanaian parliament.

Early life

Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes was born on September 4, 1939 at Cape Coast,cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003 |title=Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes |accessdate=2007-04-18 |work=Official website of the Parliament of Ghana |publisher=Parliament of Ghana] the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. He had his basic education at the Cape Coast Government Boys School from 1945 to 1953. His secondary education was at Adisadel College between 1954 and 1960. He gained admission to the University of Ghana, Legon in 1961 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964.cite web|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=233 |title=Speaker of Parliament:Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes |accessdate=2007-04-18 |work=Ghana Famous People |publisher=Ghana Home Page] He then attended the Ghana School of Law where he graduated with an LLB in 1966.

Career

Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes was admitted to the Ghana Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana in 1966. He was in private legal practice in Accra and Takoradi in the Western Region from October 1966. He was appointed notary public by the Chief Justice of Ghana in 1974. He rose to the level of Senior Advocate in 1990. Sekyi-Hughes was the President of the Western Region Branch of the Ghana Bar Association from 1977 to 1981. He was also a member of the Judicial Council of Ghana during the same period. Sekyi-Hughes was elected by the chiefs and people of the Western Region to the Council of State of Ghana in 2001.

Family

Sekyi-Hughes is married with six children.

References

External links

* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/dsp_image.php?id=87518402 Picture of Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes]

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