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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 ...
The National Liberation Movement was a Ghanaian political party formed on 19 September 1954 [2]. Set up by disaffected members of the Convention People's Party , who were joined by Kofi Abrefa Busia , the NLM opposed the process of centralization whilst supporting a continuing role for traditional leaders.
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]
In September 1962, the National Assembly passed a resolution calling for a one-party state. This was accepted following a referendum in January 1964. [5] This effectively sounded the death of all opposition parties in Ghana and this situation persisted until February 24, 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown in a coup d'état.
Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 August 1969, the first since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government. Voters elected the new 140-seat Parliament.
From 1 July 1960, Ghana became a republic and Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana. In February 1966 his government was overthrown by the National Liberation Council military coup . Nkrumah's independence government (1957 – 1960)