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Profile Of Brigadier General GKT Sam, Deputy Commandant, GAFCSC

Brig Gen GKT Sam was born on 11 November 1972 in Accra. He attended Ghana National College, Cape Coast between September 1984 and June 1991. He then enlisted into the Ghana Armed Forces and entered the Ghana Military Academy on 01 November 1991. He was commissioned into the Infantry Corps on 20 August, 1993.

Brig Gen Sam has served largely in training establishments; and held command and operational staff appointments throughout his career. He was a Platoon Commander, Intelligence Officer and Support Company Commander in 2 Infantry Battalion, Takoradi.

He then served as ADC to Army Commander and Staff Officer with GHQ (DI). Additionally, he has held the appointments of Instructor at the Ghana Military Academy, Assistant Director Army Operations at the Army Headquarters, and Directing Staff at both the Junior and Senior Divisions of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College.

He was Commanding Officer, 2 Infantry Battalion between 2012 and 2016; after which he held the appointments of Director Counter Intelligence and also Director Operational Intelligence with GHQ (DI). He was also the Command Operations Officer at HQ Southern Command and Deputy Commander, Ghana Military Academy. His last appointment was Chief, Strategic Military Threat Assessments (P5) at the UNHQ, New York between May 2021 and May 2025.

Brig Gen GKT Sam has attended all courses commensurate with his rank both in Ghana and overseas including India, United States, France, Kenya and China. His last career course was the Defense and Strategic Studies Course at the International College of Defense Studies in Beijing, China between September 2019 and August 2020.

Academically, he holds the following qualifications:

  • 1. Post Graduate Certificate in Public Administration, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra, Ghana, 2003.
  • 2. Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration (with Distinction), (2007).
  • 3. BSc (Hons) University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. Administration (Human Resource Management Option), 2007.
  • 4. Master of Arts in International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana (2010).
  • 5. Military Master of Science (Strategic Studies), Tsinghua University, Beijing – China (2020).

Within the peacekeeping space, Brig Gen Sam has served in various capacities with UNAMIR (Rwanda), ECOMOG (Liberia & Sierra Leone), UNIFIL (Lebanon), UNMIL (Liberia) and MONUSCO (DR Congo). His last mission was Commanding Officer, MONUSCO Ghanbatt 10.

In his spare time, Brig Gen Sam loves watching soccer and news. He is an avid reader and enjoys keeping fit. He is a dyed-in-the-wool Arsenal FC fan.

Brig Gen GKT Sam is happily married to Dansoa and the union is blessed with 2 boys.