Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta

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Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
4th Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
In office June 10, 1965 – February 22, 1966
Preceded by	Joseph Richard Asiedu
Succeeded by	Parliament suspended

Nationality	Ghanaian
Relations	Edward Akufo-Addo

Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta was a politician and also the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.

Kofi Asante 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.^[1] He also served as the Minister for Justice in the same government.^[2]

He was later appointed Speaker of Parliament on June 10, 1965 in the First Republic of Ghana.^[3] He remained speaker until parliament was suspended by the National Liberation Council, formed after the coup d'état that ended the First Republic.

[edit] Family

Kofi Ofori-Atta is the uncle of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a minister in the Fourth Republic of Ghana.^[2]

[edit] Notes

^ 1957 Govt. of Ghana. Photo diary. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
^ ^a ^b Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF OSAGYEFUO KUNTUNKUNUNKU II, OKYENHENE. Kuntunkununku Tributes. Prempeh College alumni. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
^ Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005. Official website of the Parliament of Ghana. Parliament of Ghana. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.

Political offices
Preceded by First	Minister for Local Government^[1] 1957 – ?	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Minister for Justice ? – ?	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Joseph Richard Asiedu	Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana 1965 – 1966^[2]	Succeeded by Nii Amaa Ollennu (1969 – 1972)

v • d • e Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana

First Republic: (1957 – 1966)	Emmanuel Charles Quist · Augustus Molade Akiwumi · Joseph Richard AsieduKofi Asante Ofori-Atta

Second Republic: (1969 – 1972)	Nii Amaa Ollennu

Third Republic: (1979 – 1981)	Jacob Hackenbug Griffiths-Randolph

Fourth Republic: (1993 – present)	Daniel Francis Annan · Peter Ala Adjetey · Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes

Persondata
NAME	Ofori-Atta, Kofi Asante
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ofori-Atta, Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Politician and Former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
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