Zita Okaikoi
Hon. Zita Okaikoi | |
|---|---|
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| Ambassador of Ghana to the Czech Republic | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Hesse |
| Minister for Tourism | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Juliana Azumah-Mensah |
| Succeeded by | Akua Dansua |
| Minister for Information | |
| In office 2009–2010 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Nana Akomea |
| Succeeded by | John Tia |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Alma mater | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Ghana School of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Zita Sabah Okaikoi is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Tourism of Ghana and later Ghana's Ambassador to the Czech Republic.[1]
Education
[edit]Okaikoi is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the Ghana School of Law.[2]
Politics
[edit]Okaikoi was the first Minister for Information in the National Democratic Congress government of President John Atta Mills. She held that portfolio through the first year of the Mills government. Okaikoi was appointed Minister for Tourism by President Mills in a cabinet reshuffle in January 2010.[3] She attracted controversy in 2010 when she left for the United States during her pregnancy ostensibly to have a baby.[4]
Personal life
[edit]She is the daughter of a Lebanese-Ghanaian father and a Ghanaian mother.[5]
Zita dumped her ex-husband after a failed marriage to Mr. Andrew Okaikoi.[6] She remarried in a private wedding ceremony.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ambassadorial appointments: Tony Aidoo for Holland, Zita for South Africa". www.adomonline.com. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "President Mills is responsible for all the attacks on Zita Okaikoi the Information Minister". Ghana Tourist Villas. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "President Mills reshuffles Ministers". Ghana Home Page. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Okaikoi And Atta Mills Hate Ghana". Peace FM Online. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ From Lebanon to Africa | Al Jazeera World, retrieved 8 October 2022
- ^ "Zita exposes ex-husband; reveals why she dumped him". GhanaWeb. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Former Czech Ambassador Zita Sabah Okaikoi remarries". GhanaPoliticsOnline.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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- Tourism ministers of Ghana
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- Ghanaian women lawyers
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni
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- Ambassadors of Ghana to Czech Republic
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