Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes (born 4 September 1939) was the

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between 2005 and 2009.

Early life

Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes was born on 4 September 1939 at Cape Coast, the capital of the Central Region of

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. From 1945 to 1953, he had his basic education at Cape Coast Government Boys School (now the Philip Quaque Boys School), founded c. 1766 by Philip Quaque, the first African to be ordained an Anglican vicar. His secondary education was at Adisadel College between 1954 and 1960. In 1961 he gained admission to the

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, where he obtained a

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degree in 1964. He then attended the

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, graduating with an

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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

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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. Although he lost elections as the first National Vice-Chairman in the late 1990s, he remained loyal to the party until he was re-elected to the National Council of Elders and subsequently appointed as the Speaker of Parliament during the NPP Administration.

Family

Sekyi-Hughes is married with four children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sekyi-Hughes, Ebenezer 1939 births Living people Alumni of Adisadel College Ghanaian Freemasons 20th-century Ghanaian lawyers Speakers of the Parliament of Ghana Ghana School of Law alumni University of Ghana alumni People from Cape Coast Ghanaian Anglicans