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Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu
Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu (born 2 February 1955) is a Ghanaian judge and an active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. She has been on the bench in Ghana since 2003 and was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022. Early life and education Ackah-Yensu was born in Cape Coast. She had her middle school education at Christ the King School from 1965 to 1967 after which she entered Wesley Girls' High School for her Ordinary Level and Advanced Level Certificates, both of which she obtained in 1972 and 1974 respectively. In 1974, she was admitted to the University of Ghana, where she studied Psychology and Sociology. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology in 1977. Following her graduation, she returned to the University of Ghana (Faculty of Law) where she studied for her Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) from January 1979 to September 1979. She then proceeded to the Ghana School of Law, where she was called to the bar in 1981. In 2010, she received an E ...
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Supreme Court Of Ghana
The Supreme Court of Ghana is the highest judicial body in Ghana. Constitution of Ghana, Ghana's 1992 constitution guarantees the independence and separation of the Judiciary of Ghana, Judiciary from the Legislative and the Executive (government), Executive arms of government.1992 Constitution Article 125(1). "Justice emanates from the people and shall be administered in the name of the Republic by the Judiciary which shall be independent and subject only to this Constitution." The Supreme Court of Ghana has the final say on legal matters and can overturn lower court decisions. The Court consists of nine Justice (title), justices and hears cases on a wide range of issues, including criminal law, Civil law (legal system), civil law, and administrative law. History The Supreme court, Supreme Court was established by the Supreme Court Ordinance (1876) as the highest tribunal in the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast (now Ghana) during the colonial era. Until 1960, there ...
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Alban Bagbin
Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin (born 24 September 1957) is a Ghanaian politician who is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was the List of Mills government ministers, Minister for Health in the Ghana government from January 2012 until February 2013. He served as the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West (Ghana parliament constituency), Nadowli West constituency in the Upper West Region, Upper West Region of Ghana in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana. He contested for the presidential candidate slot of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress in 2019, but lost to former President John Dramani Mahama. On 7 January 2021, Bagbin was elected Speaker of 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. Early life and education Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin was born on 24 September 1957 to Sansunni Bagbin and Margaret B. Bagbin who were both peasant farmers. He is the fourth child of nine children. He is ...
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Alumni Of The Queen's College, Oxford
Alumni (: alumnus () or alumna ()) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women, and alums (: alum) or alumns (: alumn) as gender-neutral alternatives. The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from "to nourish". The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former members of an organization, former contributors, or former inmates. Etymology The Latin noun means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from the Latin verb "to nourish". Separate, but from the same root, is the adjective "nourishing", found in the phrase '' alma mater'', a title for a person's home university. Usage in Roman law In Latin, is a legal term (Roman law) to describe a child placed in foster ...
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China Europe International Business School Alumni
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ...
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