Richard Oblitey Solomon

Solomon had his secondary education at the Accra Academy, where he graduated in 1976.[1] He then proceeded to the University of Ghana to pursue a bachelor's degree in law. He then continued to the Ghana School of Law, where he qualified as a barrister-at-law in 1986. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Oil and Gas Law from the Robert Gordon University, and an LLM from the University of Law in the United Kingdom.[2]

Solomon begun as the Greater Accra second Vice Regional Chairman and later first Vice Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the early 2000s.[3] In 2006, he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Equatorial Guinea.[4] He served in this capacity until 2009. He was succeeded by Dominic Aboagye.[5]

As a sports fanatic, Solomon was the head of the management board of the Accra Great Olympics F. C. in 2002,[6] and later chairman of the club prior to his ambassadorial appointment.[4] He was made a member of the club's board once more in 2020 when the board of the club was reconstituted.[7][8][9]

Solomon also serves on the board of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA),[2] and the principal of R. O. Solomon Consulting, a law firm in Accra.[10]