Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Ablakwa in 2022
Minister for Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana
Assumed office
7 February 2025
PresidentJohn Mahama
Preceded byShirley Ayorkor Botchwey
Member of the Ghanaian Parliament
for North Tongu
Assumed office
7 January 2013
Deputy Minister for Education
In office
2013  7 January 2017
PresidentJohn Mahama
Succeeded byYaw Osei Adutwum
Deputy Minister for Information
In office
2009–2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Succeeded byFelix Kwakye Ofosu
Personal details
Born (1980-08-11) 11 August 1980
Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
SpouseNuhela Seidu
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
Presbyterian Boys' Senior Secondary School - Legon (Presec-Legon)
OccupationPolitician
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Appointments Committee

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (born 11 August 1980) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta region since 2013, elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2025 under the government of President John Dramani Mahama. He previously served as Deputy Minister for Information and Deputy Minister for Education during the administrations of Presidents John Atta Mills and Mahama.