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Chambas, Mohammed Ibn

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Personal name headingChambas, Mohammed Ibn
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Variant(s)Chambas, Mohamed Ibn
Associated countryGhana
Birth date1950-12-07
Place of birthBimbila (Ghana)
AffiliationCornell University Case Western Reserve University National Democratic Congress (Ghana) GETFund (Organization) Economic Community of West African States ACP Group
Profession or occupationLawyers Diplomats Politicians
Found innuc88-110513: His The politics of agricultural and rural development ... [MI] 1980 (hdg. on TxCM rept.: Chambas, Mohamed Ibn; usage: Mohamed Ibn Chambas)
The ECOWAS agenda, c2005: t.p. (Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas) cover (b. Dec. 7, 1950)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Chambas, Mohammed Ibn; lawyer, diplomat, politician; born 07 December 1950 in Bimbilla, Ghana; BA from University of Ghana (1973); earned a MA and a PhD from Cornell University, New York (1977) and (1980) respectively, and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio. He was appointed a deputy foreign secretary, Ghana (1987); won election on the ticket of National Democratic Congress (NDC) (1993); introduced Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND); regained his seat in parliament (2000); headed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Abuja, Nigeria; was an executive secretary of ECOWAS (2002-2009); was awarded the Order of the Volta, Ghana (2006); was elelcted secretary-general of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP), Brussels, Belgium (2010))