Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong

Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong (born in Tema), is a Ghanaian female legal practitioner and a former Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice of Ghana. She was appointed by President Mahama in 2013.[1] She is the second woman to hold this office in the country, the first being Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu. Her tenure as Attorney General of Ghana ended on 6 January 2017.She was appointed to serve on the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce from 1 July 2018 for a three-year term.[2]She is Honorary Council Member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA).[3]

Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong
23rd Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice
In office
February 2013 – January 2017
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byBenjamin Kunbuor
Succeeded byGloria Akuffo
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Children3
EducationSt Roses Senior High
Alma mater
OccupationLegal Practitioner
ProfessionLawyer

Education

Marietta started her education at the Tema Parents Association School. She had her secondary education at the St Roses Senior High (Akwatia) where she sat for the Ordinary Level Certificate (O level) and Advanced Level Certificate (A level). She later obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Ghana, Legon and her Professional Certificate to practice law from the Ghana School of Law, (Makola). She then went to the Institute of Social Studies, Hague in the Netherlands, for her Post Graduate Degree.[4]

Career

Marietta has been a practising lawyer for the past twenty years where she started her practice at Fugar and Co. law firm. She then moved to become senior partner at Lithur Brew and Co law firm. She is an Honorary Council member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA).[5]

Politics

She was a member of the Ghana @50 Commission of Enquiry and also a Board Member of the Volta River Authority (VRA) appointed by the late President John Atta-Mills in 2009.[6][7] Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong was appointed as the Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice of Ghana by the former President John Dramani Mahama from February, 2013 to 6 January 2017.[8]

Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong and Ambassador Susana Ruiz Cerutti from Argentina.

International Chamber of Commerce

In June 2018, she was appointed to serve a 3-year term on the International Chamber of Commerce's Court of Arbitration for a three-year stint spanning 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2021. The decision to appoint her was taken on June 21, 2018 at the ICC's World Council Meeting in Paris.[9]

See also

References
  1. "President Mahama Administeres Oaths Of Allegiance And Secrecy To 17 Ministers". Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  2. "Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong made ICC member". MyJoyOnline.com. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. https://garia.org/governing-council/]
  4. "Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong". www.mojagd.gov.gh. Ministry of Justice and Attorney Generals Department. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. "Governing Council". GARIA. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. "President appoints more Board Members". www.ghananewsagency.org. Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. "Ghana @50: White Paper On The Report Of The Commission Of Inquiry". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. "MRS.MARIETTA BREW APPIAH-OPPONG MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL". www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh. The Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. Ghana's Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong appointed to ICC arbitration court
Political offices
Preceded by
Benjamin Kunbuor		 Attorney General of Ghana
2013 –2017		 Succeeded by
Gloria Akuffo


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