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Samuel Abu Jinapor
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Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Incumbent
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Constituency: Damongo Constituency
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Political Party: New Patriotic Party
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General Information
- Date of Birth: Tuesday, 22 November 1983
- Place of Birth: Savannah Region
- Marital Status and Family: Marriage
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Education: Bachelor of Science degreeKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyphysicsBachelor of LawsUniversity of GhanaN/ALLBGhana School of LawN/AMaster of LawsUniversity Of Ghana.Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Faculty of Law
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Bio History: Samuel Abu Jinapor , (born 1983) is a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Damongo Constituency. In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo appointed him as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Office of the President, at the age of 33, the youngest in the history of Ghana to occupy such a position. He is currently the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources.
Samuel Abu Jinapor was born in 1983 to Abudulai Jinapor, a former police officer and Chief of Buipe in the Savannah Region of Ghana. He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 2006. He proceeded to the University of Ghana in 2008 where he earned a Bachelor of Laws in 2010. That same year, he was admitted to read LLB at Ghana School of Law, Makola, Accra. He was called to the Ghana Bar in 2012 as a Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He also holds a Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Faculty of Law, University Of Ghana. In the course of his studies, amongst others, he successfully took academic sessions in International Commerc - Career History (Non-political): As a lawyer, he undertook his pupillage with Messrs Kulendi@Law, an Accra-based commercial and corporate law firm, from October 2012 to August 2013. He studied under the tutelage of the renowned lawyer, Yonny Kulendi, who is now a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. At Kulendi@Law, Jinapor rose to the position of a Senior Associate. In this capacity, he developed the skills for quick thinking and oratory, and he served as an advocate in major commercial and corporate litigations. Whilst at the firm, Jinapor acted as a transactional lawyer for several complex, commercial negotiations, both domestically and internationally. Again, as Senior Associate, he was periodically assigned to manage a team of lawyers from diverse backgrounds. While Practicing as a Lawyer, he had the opportunity of representing major foreign companies in Ghana as a Solicitor and Legal Advocate, both in Ghanaian Courts and Arbitral Tribunals.
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- Appointment Date: Friday, 15 November 2024
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Previous Position Held: N/AN/A