Brigitte Dzogbenuku
Progressive People's Party candidate for
President of Ghana
Election date
7 December 2020
Running mateKofi Asamoah-Siaw
Opponent(s)Nana Akufo-Addo
John Mahama
and 9 others
IncumbentNana Akufo-Addo
Personal details
Born
Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyProgressive People's Party
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
OccupationPolitician
Known forMiss Ghana 1990[1][2]

Brigitte Dzogbenuku is a Ghanaian politician and beauty queen who won Miss Ghana 1990.[3] During 2020, she was the presidential candidate for the Progressive People's Party.[4]

Education

Dzogbenuku had her secondary education at Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast. She proceeded to the University of Ghana to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages.

Career

Dzogbenuku is a columnist at the Graphic Communication Group Limited where she writes for Graphic Mirror under Manners Matter. She was formerly General Manager at the Aviation Social Center for more than 12 years. She also worked with Ashanti Goldfields Corporation as well as SC Johnson Wax Ghana.[5] She established a recreational management consultancy which operated the Barclays clubhouse for a period. She has worked on Mujeres Por Africa/ NYU Wagner Institute program as a facilitator. She has set-up an institution to groom women in leadership called Mentoring Women Ghana(MWG)[6]

Awards and recognition

Dzogbenuku won the Miss Ghana beauty pageant in 1990.[1][2] She also won the Fortune/Goldman Sachs Women's Leadership Award in 2008.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pageant History - History of Miss Ghana Pageant". missghana.com. Exclusive Events, Ghana. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Miss Ghana". ghanabeautypageants. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Past Winners | Miss Ghana". Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  4. ↑ Kwakofi, Edwin (2016-08-04). "Former Miss Ghana Brigitte Dzogbenuku named Nduom's running-mate". citifmonline. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Brigitte Dzogbenuku, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Profile of Brigitte Akosua Dzogbenuku, flagbearer of the PPP". Dubawa Ghana. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  7. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Profile Of Brigitte Dzogbenuku". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
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