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The Director of Research for the Presidency, Victor Newman, has died.
He is said to have died after a brief illness, according to Graphic Online.
He was 72 years old.
Mr. Newman was a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Graphic Online understands that he died on Thursday, [December 10, 2020] at the Legon Hospital in Accra.
Victor Newman was appointed Director of Research for the Presidency in 2017.
He was an economist, consultant, financial and research analyst and earned a BA in Agricultural Economics, with postgraduate degrees in development planning and budget and financial management.
He worked in the Economic Research and Planning Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Western Castings Limited and Ghana Exim Economic Consultants.
From 2008 to 2016, he served as Director of Research for President Akufo-Addo’s election campaigns. He was married and had four children.
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