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Ignatius Baffour-Awuah

Politician

Ignatius Baffour-Awuah is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ignatius Baffour Awuah · Ignatius Baffour-Awuah				[sources]
Other name	Ignatius Baffour Awuah · Ignatius Baffour-Awuah · Ignatius Baffuor Awuah · Ignatius Bafuor Awuah				[sources]
Weak alias	Baffour-Awuah				[sources]
Birth date	1966-08-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Nsoatre				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Ghana				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ignatius				[sources]
Last name	Awuah				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1657330				[sources]
Position	Member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2009-2013) · Member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2013-2017) · Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2017-2021) · Member of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2021-) · Minister for Employment and Labour Relations (2017-) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Sunyani Senior High School · University of Ghana				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-13	Last processed	2025-09-13	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Ghanaian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations	2017-05	-
Member of Parliament	2013-01-07

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Source data IDs: evpo-9aa651a7-c969-4277-b68e-38d91d7bbc59 · us-cia-ghana-ignatius-baffour-awuah-minister-of-employment-labor-relations · us-cia-ghana-ignatius-baffour-awuah-min-of-employment-labor-relations · us-cia-ghana-ignatius-baffour-awuah-minister-of-employment-labor-relations-pensions · NK-ESb4A6T2EYD5uFqrhPMAQS

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