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Nationality
  
Ghanaian

Prime Minister
  
Name
  
Simon Dombo


President
  
Role
  
Ghanaian Politician

Prime Minister
  
Simon Diedong Dombo Amazoncom Vintage photo of Portrait of Simon Diedong Dombo

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Died
  
March 19, 1998, London, United Kingdom

Simon Diedong Dombo (1925–1998) was a Ghanaian politician, teacher and king. He was a Member of Parliament and the Parliamentary Leader during the first Republic of Ghana. As the Douri-Na, he was reputed to be the first educated chieftain in the Upper Region of Ghana. He was one of the founders of the Northern People's Party. This later merged with the United Party. During the Second Republic, he was a member of the ruling Progress Party. He was Minister for Health and then Minister for Interior in the Busia government. He had more than 30 children.

He was banned from holding elected office by the Supreme Military Council prior to the 1979 elections.

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Simon Diedong Dombo Wikipedia


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