Albert Fiadjoe
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| Constitution Review Commission | |
| In office 2010–2012 | |
| Appointed by | John Atta Mills |
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| Born | Kumasi, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian Barbadian |
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Albert K. Fiadjoe is a Ghanaian and Barbadian academic and an Emeritus ProfessorofPublic Law.[1]
Fiadjoe was born in Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He earned his LL.B (Hons.) from the University of Ghana, as well as an LL.M and a PhD from the University of London. He was a former dean of the faculty of law in Barbados and rose to become a professor (emeritus) of public law at the University of the West Indies.[2]
Fiadjoe is an emeritus professor of public law and a former consultant with Fugar and Company. He is a legal consultant and academician in the areas of corporate law, comparative law, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution and public law.[3] He was a visiting professor of law at Florida State University and Howard University, and a senior lecturer in the faculty of law, University of the West Indies.[4][5] Fiadjoe is a former Council Member of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, of which he is a Fellow.[6][7]
Fiadjoe was appointed by President Mills to chair a nine-member Constitution Review Commission of the Republic of Ghana 2010 to 2012.[8] The commission was established to ascertain views on the operation of Ghana's 1992 Fourth Republican Constitution, and in particular its strengths and weaknesses.[9] The commission received 83, 616 submissions gathered from regional and districts fora, mini consultations with relevant organizationsbas well as Africans in the Diaspora.[10] The commission prepared a 960-page report and completed its work in 2012.[11] The Government published a White Paper in response to the report and recommendations of the Commission[12]
Fiadjoe has consulted for the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the Organisation of American States (OAS), the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others.[13][14]
Fiadjoe is a Member of the Ghana Bar Association, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana, a Notary Public, Arbitrator and Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioner.[2]
