Mariama Owusu has been on the bench since 1990 and was nominated as a Supreme Court Judge in November 2019.
13 Facts About Mariama Owusu
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Mariama Owusu was sworn in on 17 December 2019 after gaining parliamentary approval.
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Mariama Owusu was born in Daloa but hails from Beposo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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Mariama Owusu later worked in private practice with Messrs Totoe Legal Services in Kumasi from 1984 to 1990.
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Mariama Owusu began serving on the bench as a District Magistrate from 1990 to 1992.
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Mariama Owusu became a Circuit Court judge in 1992 and served in that capacity until 2000 when she was made a High Court judge.
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Mariama Owusu served at various locations, including Kumasi, Sunyani, and Tema.
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Mariama Owusu remained a High Court judge until 2006 when she was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
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Mariama Owusu had been a justice of the Court of Appeal until her nomination for the role of Supreme Court Judge in November 2019.
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Mariama Owusu was sworn into office on 17 December 2019.
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Mariama Owusu was appointed the President of the International Association of Women Judges in 2014, and she served in this position until 2016.
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Mariama Owusu served as a member of the Ethics Committee from 2012 to 2013 and as a member of the Performing Access Committee of the Judicial Service.
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Mariama Owusu was part of a seven-member panel that did the hearing of the 2020 election petition by John Mahama against The Electoral Commission of Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo.