Joseph Osei-Owusu (born 22 January 1962, in Bekwai) is a

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lawyer, and politician. He is the first deputy speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic and also the Member of Parliament for the Bekwai constituency in the Ghanaian Parliament.

Early life and education

Osei-Owusu was born on 22 January 1962 had his basic education in his hometown, Bekwai. He had his O-level secondary school education at Juaben Secondary School in

Juaben Juaben is a small town in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal District, a Districts of Ghana, district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

in 1987, a Barrister of Law (BL) from the

Ghana School of Law The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only one that provides training for law graduates in the Barrister at Law program. The Professional Law Course is designed for Law Gradu ...

in 1989 and an Executive master's degree in Governance and Leadership from the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

(GIMPA) in 2007.

Career

Osei-Owusu has worked as a lawyer for 29 years in Ghana after being called to the bar in 1990. He started his career in the chambers of Yaw Barimah & Co and later joined George Sarpong Legal Services where he later rose to become Assistant Head of Chambers. He later became chief executive officer (CEO) of the

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(DVLA) a political appointment he got during the tenure of

John Agyekum Kufour John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been spe ...

First Deputy Speaker

He was elected the First Deputy Speaker of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic and re-elected to that position for the 8th Parliament. He first became an MP in 2009, after being elected with 86.06% of the total valid votes cast.

Committees

He is currently the chairperson for Privileges Committee and also the Appointments Committee in parliament. He is also a member of Standing Orders Committee and the Roads and Transport Committee.

Personal life

Osei-Owusu is a Christian.

References

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