Augustus Obuadum Tanoh
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Goosie Augustus Obuadum Tanoh (born 7 February 1956) is a Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian politician. He is a member of the National Reform Party
National Reform Party (Ghana)
The National Reform Party is a political party in Ghana. It was founded in 1999 by a splinter group from the National Democratic Congress .-Elections:...

 and represented his party in the 2000 presidential election
Ghanaian presidential election, 2000
The Ghanaian presidential elections were held on 7 December 2000 with a second ballot on 28 December 2000.Parliamentary elections were held on 7 December 2000.There were seven candidates in the first round of elections on 7 December 2000...

, where he garnered 1.1% of the national vote.

Education

Mr.Tanoh holds a Bachelor of Law and Master of Law degrees from the University of Ghana
University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian universities and tertiary institutions. It is one of the best universities in Africa and by far the most prestigious in West Africa...

 and Northwestern University Law School in Chicago, Illinois, United States
United States
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.

Career

Tanoh has served on various finance and economic boards in Ghaha, particularly as the Executive Director of Finance and Administration of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation from 1989 to 1992. He was also a lecturer of law at the University of Ghana and board member of Ecobank
Ecobank
Ecobank, whose official name is Ecobank Transnational Inc., is a pan-African banking group with a presence in more African countries than any other bank...

. He served in the assembly which wrote Ghana's 1992 constitution.He was formerly Attorney-General in the PNDC administration of Jerry Rawlings, and served as a member of Ghana's diplomatic delegation to the UN.

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