Major Amarkai Amarteifio is a Ghanaian retired soldier, lawyer, sports administrator and politician. He served as Ghana's
Minister for Youth and Sports during the
Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup ...
era.
Politics
Amarteifio was appointed by Jerry Rawlings, then Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) to serve as Secretary for Youth and Sports. He served in that role from 1983 – 1987.
Sports administration
Amarteifio is currently the board chairman of
Accra Great Olympics.
References
Living people
Sports ministers of Ghana
20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Ghanaian soldiers
Ghana Army personnel
Year of birth missing (living people)
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