Role Politician | Nationality Ghanaian Resigned February 22, 1966 Name Kofi Ofori-Atta Relations Edward Akufo-Addo | |
 | ||
Born 12 December 1912Kibi, Ghana ( 1912-12-12 ) | ||
Succeeded by Parliament suspended | ||
Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (12 December 1912 – July 1978) was a politician and also the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
Ofori-Atta was a Minister for Local Government in the Convention People's Party (CPP) government of Kwame Nkrumah in the first government of Ghana. He also served as the Minister for Justice in the same government.
He was later appointed Speaker of Parliament on 10 June 1965 in the First Republic of Ghana. 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. Ofori-Atta is the uncle of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a minister in the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
References
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA