Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa


Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Member of Parliament for the North Tongu in the Volta region.

Personal life

He is married to Nuhela Seidu, a legal practitioner and they have a daughter and a son.

Early Life and Education

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa was born in 1980 Aveyime-Battor,Ghana.
He attended the University of Ghana, and had a BA Political Science / Philosophy. At the University of Leicester, he had his MA Communication Media and Public Relations. Project Management Practitioner - PRINCE 2.

Politics

He was appointed a Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana at the age of 28 under the presidency of the late John Atta Mills. He is the immediate past Deputy Minister of Education. He is also the Ranking Member of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
He was a member of the Committee for Joint Action a pro-masses pressure group, an author, and a prolific writer.
He was also a member of the team that drafted his party's youth policies in the NDC's manifesto for the 2008 campaign.
Before all these, he had served as President of the National Union of Ghana Students from 2005 to 2006 and also served as Vice President of the scripture union.
In his foray in national politics, he was a member of the then-candidate John Evans Atta Mills Campaign Communication Team and until his appointment as Deputy Minister for Information served on Government's Transition Team.

Employment

Deputy Minister of Information, 2009-2013.
Deputy Minister of Education, 2013-2016.
Member of Parliament, 2013-2016.
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