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Johanna Odonkor Svanikier was born in Mampong, Akwapim in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She is the Ambassador of Ghana to France and Portugal, as well as to the International Organisation of La Francophonie and the OECD Development Centre. She also serves as Ghana's Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). She was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1990 and to the Ghana bar in 1991. She is a member of the Inner Temple. She has also worked as a university lecturer and a development consultant.

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Secondary

Johanna Svanikier attended Aburi Girls Secondary/High School in Ghana.

University and postgraduate

Svanikier holds a bachelor's degree (LL.B.) and master's degree (LL.M.) from the London School of Economics. She earned a master's degree in public administration (M.P.A.) from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government where she was a Fulbright scholar. She also holds a master’s in political science (M.Sc) from the University of Oxford.

Career

On November 24, 2014, Svanikier officially presented her “letters of credence” to French President François Hollande at the Elysée Palace in Paris, France. In his remarks, Hollande praised Ghana for earning prestige and respect in the international community.

Svanikier served as Commissioner on the National Development Planning Commission of Ghana between 2010 and 2014 and has been a non-executive director of Fidelity Bank, Ghana Ltd since 2009.

She is the author of "Women's' Rights and the Law in Ghana".

Personal

Johanna Odonkor Svanikier is married to Thomas Svanikier, the founder and executive chairman of Svani Group. They have three children.

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Johanna Odonkor Svanikier Wikipedia