Samuel Abu Jinapor
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Samuel A. Jinapor, MP | |
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| Ranking Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament | |
| Assumed office January 2025 | |
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| Born | 1983 |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| Spouse | Naada D. Bilijo Jinapor |
| Relations | John Jinapor (brother) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Ghana, Ghana School of Law,University of London |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Portfolio | Member of Parliament |
Samuel A. Jinapor ⓘ (born 1983) is a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Damongo Constituency.[1][2][3] In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed him as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Office of the President, at the age of 33, the youngest in the history of Ghana to occupy such a position.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Samuel A. Jinapor was born in 1983 to Abdulai Jinapor, a former police officer and Chief of Buipe in the Savannah Region of Ghana.[11] He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics but specialized in Biomedical Physics in 2006.[12]
He proceeded to the University of Ghana in 2008 where he earned a Bachelor of Laws in 2010.[13] That same year, he was admitted to read LLB at Ghana School of Law, Makola, Accra. He was called to the Ghana Bar in 2012 as a Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Ghana.[13]
In 2025 he obtained a Master of Arts in International Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.[12]
Career
Hon. Jinapor rose to the position of Senior Associate. In this capacity, he developed the skills for quick thinking and oratory, and he served as an advocate in major commercial and corporate litigations. Whilst at the firm, Hon. Jinapor acted as a transactional lawyer for several complex, commercial negotiations, both domestically and internationally.[14]
Again, as Senior Associate, he was periodically assigned to manage a team of lawyers from diverse backgrounds. Over the years, he had the rare opportunity of representing major foreign companies in Ghana as a Solicitor and Legal Advocate, both in Ghanaian Courts and Arbitral Tribunals.[15][11]
