Amin Alhassan is a Ghanaian academic, journalist and public servant. He is the incumbent and seventeenth Director General of the

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. He succeeded Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow on the role on 1 October 2019.

Early life and education

Alhassan was born and raised in

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even though his parents hail from

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. He had his early education at the Tishigu Anglican Primary School, and later the Tishigu Anglican Middle School in Tishigu, a suburb of Tamale. He had his secondary education at

Navrongo Senior High School History Navrongo Senior High School is a school in Navrongo which was established in September 1960 by Ghana's first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was named President's College. The president indicated his dream that this school will ...

for his Ordinary Level Certificate (O-Level), and Tamale Senior High School for his Advanced Level Certificate (A-Level). He then proceeded to the

Ghana Institute of Journalism The Ghana Institute of Journalism is a public university in Ghana. The institute has accreditation from the National Accreditation Board. History The Ghana Institute of Journalism was established on 16 October 1959 by Kwame Nkrumah, the first pr ...

for his tertiary education. He obtained his post graduate degrees from Concordia University and the

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Career

After graduating from the

, Alhassan joined the

's GBC Radio News, and the Ghana News Agency. Following his postgraduate studies, he began as a lecturer at

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in 2003. In 2004 he joined

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as an associate professor at the department of Communication Studies. He later joined the

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in 2012, and became the founding dean of the Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences. He served as the Principal for the Wa campus in 2018, and in October 2019 he was appointed Director General of the

Honours

In 2021 he was awarded the ''Most People Focused CEO'' award during the Human Resource Excellence Awards.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alhassan, Amin Ghanaian civil servants Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academic staff of the University for Development Studies Ghana Institute of Journalism alumni Concordia University alumni University of Tampere alumni Tamale Senior High School alumni