词条 | Charles Wereko-Brobby |
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Charles Wereko-Brobby (born 27 March 1953, in Kumasi) is an engineer, politician, diplomat and businessman in Ghana. He was once the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana's Volta River Authority, then the country's major power generator and distributor. In the mid-1990s, he established Radio Eye, which was Ghana's first independent radio station - after the government took the station off the air, he was approached by David Ampofo for an interview on the talkshow Time With David, which he agreed to.[1] He was the chief executive of the Ghana@50 secretariat, responsible for planning Ghana's 50th Jubilee in 2007. After President John Evans Atta Mills, Tarzan, as Wereko-Brobby is popularly known had to appear before numerous commission of inquiries and courts to answer for his stewardship of the Commission. Wereko-Brobby ran for President of Ghana in 2000 as leader of the United Ghana Movement (UGM). He formed the UGM in 1996 after leaving the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is also the nephew of Victor Owusu a founding father of the [NPP]. After the NPP lost power to the NDC in 2012, Wereko-Brobby came out strongly to advise the party to abandon its legal fight to overturn the Electoral Commission's verdict in the courts and rather concentrate on winning the 2016 elections. EducationWereko-Brobby attended Achimota School. He was then educated at the University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom where he was awarded a BSc in Fuel and Combustion Engineering and a PhD in Solar Energy Engineering. He was President of Leeds University Union from 1978 to 1979.[2] References1. ^TWD Archive – Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey, Radio Eye {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133116/http://channeltwocommunications.com/twd-archive-dr-charles-wereko-brobbey-radio-eye/ |date=April 2, 2015 }} 2. ^Ghana Web, Profile
7 : 1953 births|Living people|United Ghana Movement politicians|New Patriotic Party politicians|Alumni of the University of Leeds|People from Kumasi|Candidates for President of Ghana |
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