Kofi Totobi Quakyi is a

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politician. He served as Minister for Information from 1985 to 1993 under the

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government and continued from 1993 to 2001 in the same capacity in the

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. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Early life and education

Totobi Quaky is a graduate of the

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree. He was also active in student politics and served as the President of the

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(NUGS).

Work

Totobi Quakyi was for most of his time an employee of the

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. He worked in various capacities, finally becoming its secretary between 1986 and 1988.

Politics

Totobi Quakyi was appointed Secretary for Information by

in the

which was a military government. He became a member of the National Democratic Congress when constitutional rule was restored in 1993. He continued as Information Minister in the

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after

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Rawlings became the democratically elected president in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election. He has been the longest serving Information Minister in Ghana. He also became the chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Communications Authority in August 2009.

References

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Totobi Quakyi, Kofi Living people 1955 births Information ministers of Ghana National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians University of Cape Coast alumni