Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi was born on 29 November 1963 and is a Ghanaian judge.
16 Facts About Yonny Kulendi
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Yonny Kulendi is an active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
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Yonny Kulendi was nominated and appointed a Supreme Court judge in 2020.
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Yonny Kulendi's father was a World War II veteran and his mother brewed and sold Pito in Wa Zongo.
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Yonny Kulendi is the fourth of seven children of his mother.
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Yonny Kulendi had his early education at Ndama Primary School before proceeding to Wa Secondary School.
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Yonny Kulendi later proceeded to New Juaben Senior High School from 1985 to 1987, where he had his sixth form.
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Yonny Kulendi later transferred to the University of Ghana where he was awarded his bachelor of laws degree in 1992.
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Yonny Kulendi continued at the Ghana School of Law, becoming a barrister-at-law in 1994.
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Yonny Kulendi holds a master of arts degree in International Security and Civil-Military Relations from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, United States.
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Yonny Kulendi had his advanced level national service in Bolgatanga and his post-university national service at the Legal Aid Board of Accra.
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Yonny Kulendi later founded his own law firm, Kulendi @ Law, where he worked as the firm's managing partner until his appointment to the bench.
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Yonny Kulendi is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-West Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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Yonny Kulendi served as an examiner at the Ghana School of Law.
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Yonny Kulendi was vetted, together with Justice Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, on Tuesday 12 May 2020.
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Yonny Kulendi became the first Ghanaian from the Upper West Region to be appointed to serve on Ghana's highest court of jurisdiction.