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Ivor Greenstreet

Ghanaian politician and lawyer (born )

Ivor Kobina Greenstreet (born 31 May )[1] is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was the Presidential candidate for the Convention People's Party (CPP) in the Ghanaian general election.[2][3]

Early life and education

Ivor is the third of four siblings born on 31 May [4] in Accra at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to Prof.

Dennis Greenstreet and Miranda Greenstreet, formerly a professor at the University of Ghana and co-chair of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers. (CODEO)

He is married to the daughter of late former Vice President Kow Arkaah, who is also a lawyer with three children, a son and two daughters.[5]

He is a native of Ga-Mashie in Accra.[6] He had his early education in Ghana and is an enthusiastic Scuba diver, the first African to participate in an international parachuting event, and a member of the Ghana National Rifle Association.[7] He then left for the UK to read law.

On completion, he was called to the Middle Temple and Ghana Bar respectively.[8] In , he was involved in an accident on the Tema Motorway which resulted in him using a wheelchair till date.[9][10]

Early career

Ivor is a lawyer by profession and a publisher.[11][12][13]

He was called to the Ghana Bar and the English Bar (Inner Temple).

Politics

He is a political militant with the vision of augmenting the rights, freedom and opportunities of the youth, women and the less privileged. He holds in high esteem self - determination, Pan - Africanism and social justice.[14]

Convention People's Party

He was an active member of the People's Convention Party (PCP) before the party merged with NCP to form the CPP in He continued to play various roles in the CPP.

In he was selected by the party as it parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency to contest in the Ghanaian general election, which he lost to Akosua Frema Osei-Opare of the NPP. He was the first General Secretary to be re-elected twice for the CPP in and also in [15] He is an enthusiastic Scuba diver, the first African to participate in an international parachuting event, and a member of the Ghana National Rifle Association (GNRA).

In January , he contested for the Presidential Nomination to represent the CPP and won with a total vote of 1, votes, representing % of valid votes cast while his closest contender Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah, managed only votes.[16][17] This victory made him the first physically challenged person to contest for a Presidential election in Ghana.[18] He was the Ghanaian general election flagbearer for the (CPP).

At the end of the election he lost with 25, votes representing with Nana Akufo-Addo emerging as winner.[19]

He was re-elected as the flagbearer for the Convention People's Party (CPP) for the general elections.[20] In October he chose Professor Emmanuel Bobobe to be his running mate[21]

See also

References

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    Biography of jacob Ivor Kobina Greenstreet born 31 May [ 1 ] is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He is married to the daughter of late former Vice President Kow Arkaah, who is also a lawyer with three children, a son and two daughters. He is a native of Ga-Mashie in Accra. On completion, he was called to the Middle Temple and Ghana Bar respectively. Ivor is a lawyer by profession and a publisher.

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    Ivor greenstreet biography of abraham On a quiet and a hot Monday evening in November when the sun had retired to bed and dark clouds took control over the sky, The Mirror caught up with Mr Greenstreet after a busy day on the campaign trail in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. In an interview that touched on events leading to his road accident, his vision for Ghana, his hobbies and other issues of national concern, Mr Greenstreet said he enjoyed meeting people as it offered an opportunity to better understand their needs. Mr Greenstreet was not born in a wheelchair. The script of his life in the wheelchair started on December 24, —a day he would want to forget, mainly because of its traumatic experience. Something told me I should not leave the house.

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    NDC's decision to challenge 2020 election results laudable ...: Ivor Kobina Greenstreet (born 31 May ) [1] is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was the Presidential candidate for the Convention People's Party (CPP) in the Ghanaian general election.

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    Biography of isaac Mr Greenstreet is the third of four children. Greenstreet contested as a parliamentary candidate in on the ticket of the CPP but had to withdraw due to the Great Alliance at that time. In , he again contested as a parliamentary candidate for the CPP in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency and had 4, votes for the party prior to that election the vote for CPP in that constituency had never exceeded He was later elected as General Secretary in and again in , being the only national officer to be re-elected for a second term. Greenstreet has been confined to a wheelchair since a horrific accident that occurred one night in Accra, as he returned home from overseeing business at a nightclub he owned.

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  25. ^Baneseh, Mabel Aku (30 January ). "CPP elects presidential candidate today for election ". Graphic Online.

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    Eventually all that is great would befall him soon. It is just a matter of time. And the fact that the Convention's People's Party stands by him in all his endeavors tells a lot. A country needs change and also of a different government not the same routine or political changes. Great blog.

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  29. ^"CPP's Ivor Greenstreet selects Prof. Emmanuel Bobobe as running mate". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved