Studies in social psychology, Institute of Social Sciences, Moscow. 1991-96, Information, Culture and Research Officer, Embassy of Japan, Accra. Later, Manager, International Relations, Sponsorship Communications and Grants, non-governmental agency PLAN International, Ghana country office. 1996, first elected to the Parliament of Ghana to represent the Bole/Bamboi constituency. April 1997, appointed Deputy Minister of Communications. Nov. 1998 - Jan. 2001, Minister of Communications. 2000, re-elected for another four-year term as Member of Parliament for the Bole/Bamboi constituency. 2004, re-elected for a third term. 2001-04, Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Communications. 2002, Director, Communications, National Democratic Congress (NDC). 2002, member, team of international observers selected to monitor Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections. From 2003, Member of the Pan-African Parliament, serving as Chairperson, West African Caucus. 2005, appointed Minority Spokesman for Foreign Affairs. 2009-12, Vice-President of Ghana. Since 2012, President of Ghana.