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Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (17 June 1913 – 11 July 1998) [1] was a Ghanaian politician and Minister for Finance in Ghana's Nkrumah government between 1954 and 1961. Known popularly as "Afro Gbede", [2] he was an indigene of Anyako in the Volta Region of Ghana. [3] [4]
In elections held on 18 June 1979, PNP presidential candidate Hilla Limann won 35.3% of the vote and the party won 71 of 140 seats in the National Assembly. Limann won 62% of the vote in a 9 July run-off against Victor Owusu of the Popular Front Party (PFP). He took office as President of Ghana on 24 September 1979.
He took office as Prime Minister on 3 September 1969. His government was toppled in a 1972 military coup. During the Third Republic, which lasted from 1979 to 1981, the dominant party in the National Assembly was the People's National Party (PNP), led by Hilla Limann, which won 71 out of 104 seats in elections held on 18 June 1979. After the ...
As a political activist, he was the founder, financer and the first president of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in August 1947. [3] [4] He was also one of Ghana's Founding Fathers. [5] He paid for Kwame Nkrumah to return to Ghana from the United States. A roundabout has been named after George Grant in Sekondi Takoradi in his memory.
University of Ghana Joseph Anim-Danso (born 30 October 1933) is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the first parliament of the second Republic of Ghana. He represented the Kwame Danso constituency under the membership of the Progress Party .
On 20 February 1958, he told the National Assembly: "It is my strong belief that the Volta River Project provides the quickest and most certain method of leading us towards economic independence." [208] Ghana used assistance from the United States, Israel and the World Bank in constructing the dam. [209] [210]
Joseph Adam Braimah (also known as Kabuchewura Joseph Adam Braimah, 1916–1987) [1] was a Ghanaian politician, author and chief. In 1951, he was the first person from the Northern Region to be appointed as a Minister in Ghana and also a Member of Parliament.
Antwi-Kusi began as a member of the Asante Youth Association. He was one of the earliest members of the association who suggested the formation of a new political party to Baffour Osei Akoto, and later became one of the founding members of the National Liberation Movement (NLM) party that was consequently formed. [6]