Otumfuo-Yere Julia Osei Tutu (born Julia Ama Adwapa Amaning on 14 December) is the wife of Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, ruler of the Asante Kingdom.

A daughter of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region, Lady Julia and Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II married in April 2002.

[2] Lady Julia received her primary education at schools in London, Accra and in Berne, Switzerland until 1982, after which she entered Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast for her Secondary School education, where she obtained her ‘O’ Level Certificate in 1986 and ‘A’ Level Certificate in 1988.

In September 1995, Lady Julia Osei Tutu was admitted for post graduate studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Humanitarian Law after which she served as an Intern with Amnesty International's United Nations Office in New York.

[4] Lady Julia speaks Twi, English and French.