Director of research at the Presidency, Victor Newman dead

• Victor Newman dead

A founding member of New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the current Director of Research at the Presidency, Victor Newman, has died after a short illness.

A source close to the family said he died today (10 December) at the Legon Hospital in Accra after a short illness.

Victor Newman was appointed as the director of research at the Presidency in 2017.

Prior to his appointment, he worked at the Economic Research and Planning Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Western Castings Limited, and the Ghana Exim Economic Consultants.

From 2008 till 2016, he served as the Director of Research for the electioneering campaigns of President Akufo-Addo.

He left behind a wife and four children.