Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta

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, Ghana
Died July 1978 (aged 65)
Accra, Ghana
Nationality Ghana Ghanaian
Relations Edward Akufo-Addo

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]

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.[2] He also served as the Minister for Justice in the same government.[3]

He was later appointed Speaker of Parliament on 10 June 1965 in the First Republic of Ghana.[4] 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.[5] Ofori-Atta is the uncle of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a minister in the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[3]

Political offices
Preceded by
First		 Minister for Local Government[2]
1957 – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?		 Minister for Justice
? – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Joseph Richard Asiedu		 Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
1965 – 66[4] 		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. 1 2 "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo diary. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ Ghana Year Book, Graphic Corporation, Ghana, 1978.
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