Samia Nkrumah
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| honorific_prefix = [[Honourable]] |
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| name |
| name = Samia Nkrumah |
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| honorific_suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] |
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| image = Hon. Samia Nkrumah.jpg |
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| alt = Nkrumah smiling |
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| caption |
| caption = Nkrumah in 2009 |
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| office |
| office = Chairperson of the [[Convention People's Party]] |
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| term_start |
| term_start = September 2011 |
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| term_end |
| term_end = September 2015 |
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| predecessor |
| predecessor = Ladi Nylander |
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| successor |
| successor = Edmund N. Delle |
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| constituency_MP1 = [[Jomoro (Ghana parliament constituency)|Jomoro constituency]] |
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| term_start1 |
| term_start1 = 7 January 2009 |
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| term_end1 |
| term_end1 = 6 January 2013 |
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| predecessor1 |
| predecessor1 = [[Lee Ocran]] |
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| successor1 |
| successor1 = [[Francis Kabenlah Anaman]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1960|6|23}} |
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| birth_place |
| birth_place = [[Aburi]], Ghana |
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| birth_name = Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah |
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| party |
| party = Independent |
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| spouse |
| spouse = Michele Melega |
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| children |
| children = 1 |
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| parents [[Fathia Nkrumah]] (mother) |
| parents = [[Kwame Nkrumah]] (father) [[Fathia Nkrumah]] (mother) |
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| relatives = [[Gamal Nkrumah]] (brother) |
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| alma_mater = [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Samia was born at [[Aburi]] in the [[Eastern Region (Ghana)|Eastern Region]] of Ghana in 1960.{{cite web |title=Samia Nkrumah 'the Amazing' |url=http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2008/12/12/samia-nkrumah-the-amazing/ |accessdate=2008-12-14 |publisher=The Ghanaian Journal}} She was forced to leave Ghana with her [[Fathia Nkrumah|mother]] and brothers on the day of the 1966 military coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah. The family were resettled in Egypt by the Egyptian government.{{cite web |url=https://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2007/02/samia-nkrumah-says-that-her-father-dr.html |title=Samia Nkrumah Says That Her Father, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Wanted to Return to Ghana |accessdate=2008-12-14 |date=2007-02-19 |author=Reggie Tagoe Pan-African News Wire |
Samia was born at [[Aburi]] in the [[Eastern Region (Ghana)|Eastern Region]] of Ghana in 1960.{{cite web |title=Samia Nkrumah 'the Amazing' |url=http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2008/12/12/samia-nkrumah-the-amazing/ |accessdate=2008-12-14 |publisher=The Ghanaian Journal}} She was forced to leave Ghana with her [[Fathia Nkrumah|mother]] and brothers on the day of the 1966 military coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah. The family were resettled in Egypt by the Egyptian government.{{cite web |url=https://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2007/02/samia-nkrumah-says-that-her-father-dr.html |title=Samia Nkrumah Says That Her Father, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Wanted to Return to Ghana |accessdate=2008-12-14 |date=2007-02-19 |author=Reggie Tagoe Pan-African News Wire |publisher=Abayomi Azikiwe}} She returned with her family in the year 1975 at the invitation of [[Ignatius Kutu Acheampong|General Acheampong's]] [[National Redemption Council]] government and attended [[Achimota School]]. However, she left the country again when her mother decided to return to [[Egypt]] in the early 1980s. Samia proceeded to [[London]], later completing her studies at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] of the [[University of London]] in the [[United Kingdom]], where she obtained the degree of Bachelor Arabic Studies in the year 1991. She also completed a [[Master's degree]] at the same institution in the year 1993. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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