Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta

The Right Honourable
Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
4th Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
In office
10 June 1965 – 22 February 1966
Preceded by Joseph Richard Asiedu
Succeeded by Parliament suspended
Personal details
Born (1912-12-12)12 December 1912
Kibi, Gold Coast
Died July 1978 (aged 65)
Accra, Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Relations

Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (12 December 1912 – July 1978) was a politician and also the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.[1]

Early life and education

He was born on 12th December 1912 at Kyebi, Akyem Abuakwa. After elementary school he entered Mfantsipim School in 1925 and later left in 1928 to join Achimota School where he completed his secondary education in 1933. He served in various capacities at the Abuakwa State College he was made the school's vice Principal and later Principal from 1944 to 1947. Later in 1947, he left for Ireland and entered Trinity College Dublin where he obtained his B.A degree law and diploma in public administration.[2]

Career

Ofori-Atta was elected MP for Abuakwa Central and Begoro Constituencies. He first entered parliament house in 1954 and was appointed minister for communication from 1954 to 1956.[3] He was a Minister for Local Government in the Convention People's Party (CPP) government of Kwame Nkrumah in the first government of Ghana.[4] He also served as the Minister for Justice in the same government.[5]

He was later appointed Speaker of Parliament on 10 June 1965 in the First Republic of Ghana.[6] He remained speaker until parliament was suspended by the National Liberation Council, formed after the coup d'état that ended the First Republic. He died at Accra Military Hospital in 1978.[7] Ofori-Atta is the uncle of Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana.[5]

Political offices
Preceded by
First		 Minister for Local Government[4]
1957 – ?		 Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?		 Minister for Justice
? – ?		 Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Joseph Richard Asiedu		 Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
1965 – 66[6]		 Succeeded by
Nii Amaa Ollennu
(1969 – 72)

Notes

  1. ↑ Ernest Nee Pobee Sowah, Report of the Sowah Commission..., Volume 2, Ministry of Information, Ghana, 1968, p. 23.
  2. ↑ Ernest Nee Pobee Sowah, Report of the Sowah Commission..., Volume 2, Ministry of Information, Ghana, 1968, p. 23.
  3. ↑ "Ghana bar bulletin". Ghana Bar Association. 1988: 111.
  4. 1 2 "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo diary. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
  5. 1 2 Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. "HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF OSAGYEFUO KUNTUNKUNUNKU II, OKYENHENE". Kuntunkununku Tributes. Prempeh College alumni. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
  6. 1 2 "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 – 2005". Official website of the Parliament of Ghana. Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
  7. ↑ Ghana Year Book, Graphic Corporation, Ghana, 1978.


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