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PROFILES OF GHANA NATIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF APRM

MR NUTIFAFA KUENYEHIA
MEMBER

Mr. Nutifafa Kuenyehia was born on 22nd September, 1944. He studied at the
University of Ghana and the Ghana School of Law, where he respectively attained an LLB (Hons) degree and a Certificate in Law.

Mr. Kuenyehia's leadership skill has been evident throughout his education. Consequently, he held key student positions in educational institutions he attended. He was the President of the Junior Common Room of Mensah Sarbah Hall and Secretary of the Law Students' Union at the University of Ghana. 

His active professional life is manifested in his membership of several national and international professional associations. He was the Chairman of the African Forum of the International Bar Association (2000-2002), Chairman of the African Steering Committee of the International Bar Association (1998-2000), Co-Vice Chairman of the General Practice Programme Committee of the International Bar Association (1997-2000), President of the Ghana Bar Association (1992-1995) and Honorary Secretary of the Ghana Arbitration Centre. 

Mr. Kuenyehia has served on a number of constitutional, statutory and other bodies. He was a member of the National Media Commission from 1997 to 2000 and assumed its Chairmanship from 2000-2003. He also served a as member of the Judicial Council of Ghana (1992-1998), the General Legal Council of Ghana (1995-1999), National Housing Advisory Panel (1988-1992) and Appeals Committee of Ghana Football Association (1992-1997), assuming its Chairmanship from 1995 to 1997.

Notable international assignments he has participated in include serving as an Observer of the International Commission of Jurists at the Trial of Saro Wiwa and others in Nigeria (1995), an Observer of the International Bar Association at the abortive trial of Chief Moshood Abiola of Nigeria (1994) and as a member of the Joint International Observer Group for Malawi's Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in 1994.

Mr. Kuenyehia was a Guest Lecturer at the PAV Ansah Memorial Lectures in Ghana (1994), Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka Memorial Lectures, Uganda (1995) and John Mensah Sarbah Memorial Lectures, Ghana (2003). He has received a number of honorary awards, among which is an Award of Merit by the Ghana Bar Association in recognition of his contribution to the cause of the Bar, introduction of innovative programmes and projects, and uplifting the image of the Ghana Bar at the regional and international levels.

He is currently a Private Legal Practitioner at Kuenyehia and Co. and has an ongoing project on a law report on Chieftaincy in Ghana. Mr. Nutifafa Kuenyehia is also the Director of the Ghana Legal Literacy and Resource Foundation and Chairman of Kamens Prime Limited.

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