Akua Dansua

@Ghanaian Politician, Career and Facts

Akua Dansua is a Ghanaian journalist and politician who was a Member of Parliament for more than a decade

Apr 23, 1958

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 23, 1958
  • Nationality: Ghanaian
  • Famous: Ghanaian Politician, Children's Rights Activists, Leaders, Political Leaders, Journalists
  • Hobbies: Reading, Entertaining, Traveling
  • Universities:
    • University of Ghana
  • Birth Place: Hohoe
  • Political Ideology: Member of the Ghana Parliament for North Dayi (7 January 2000 – 7 January 2013), Minister for Tourism - (Jan 2011 – Jan 2013), Minister for Youth and Sports (Jan 2010 – Jan 2011), Minister for Women and Children's Affairs (February 2009 – January 2010)

Akua Dansua born at

Hohoe

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Birth Place

Currently, she is divorced and has three children. Her hobbies include social work, listening to music, reading, discussions and browsing the internet.

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Personal Life

Akua Dansua was born on April 23rd, 1958, at Hohoe, the Hohoe Municipal District of the Volta Region, Ghana.

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Childhood & Early Life

She received her primary education from the Kadjebi-Akan Local Authority Experimental Primary and Middle School. Later, she attended the Mawuli School at Ho, the capital of the Volta Region, from where she obtained her secondary education. She completed her journalism studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism’ in Accra.

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Childhood & Early Life

From 1979 to 1980, Akua Dansua was an Electoral Assistant at the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Later, she served as the Chief Reporter of the ‘Nigerian Reporter’ newspaper between 1983 and 1987.

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Childhood & Early Life

Then she became a postgraduate student of Communication Studies at the University of Ghana at Legon and completed the course in 1990.

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She also acquired a Master’s degree in ‘Governance and Leadership’ from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

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Childhood & Early Life

After completing her graduation, Akua Dansua worked with the ‘Weekly Spectator’ newspaper in Accra, Ghana, as a journalist. She went on to become the Features Editor of the newspaper and held the post until she decided to join politics.

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Career

She became a member of the National Democratic Congress and from July 1997 to December 2000, she served as a District Chief Executive in the Kpando District.

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Career

In 2001, Akua Dansua was elected as Member of Parliament from the North Dayi constituency. She also served as an election Observer for ECOWAS in Sierra Leone in 2002, and also for the Commonwealth in the Gambia in 2006.

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In 2009, Akua Dansua was appointed the ‘Minister for Women and Children's Affairs’.

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In January 2010, after a cabinet reshuffle, she became the first woman to be appointed the ‘Minister for Youth and Sports’. She remained in the position until January 2011, when she replaced Zita Okaikoi as the ‘Minister for Tourism’.

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In 2006, she undertook special assignments as a member of Commonwealth Observer Team to The Gambia Presidential election. She also played a crucial role as a member of Ghana’s Parliamentary delegation to the 37th African conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Abuja, Nigeria.

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Major Works

She has represented her country on several important platforms including the globally-acclaimed ‘Fifth International Conference of Women’ in Beijing, China, in 1995, and the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Democracy in India in 2003.

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Major Works