Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph

Jacob Hackenburg
Griffiths-Randolph
Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
(Third Republic)
In office
September 24, 1979 – December 31, 1981
Preceded by Nii Amaa Ollennu
Second Republic
Succeeded by Daniel Francis Annan
Fourth Republic
Personal details
Relations Nana Akufo-Addo
(Son-in-law)
Occupation Judge

Justice Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph was a judge and also the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana during the Third Republic.

He was once Commissioner of Income Tax during the First Republic of Ghana. He went into exile in Togo in 1962.[1] He was later appointed Speaker of Parliament on June 10, 1965 in the First Republic of Ghana.[2] He remained speaker until parliament was suspended by the National Liberation Council, formed after the coup d'état that ended the First Republic.

Family

Justice Griffiths - Randolph's daughter Rebecca, is married to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "GHANA: 1960-January 1963 - Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs" (pdf). A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. LexisNexis. pp. pages 7 & 11. http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/11276_CFGhanaIntForAffs19601963.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-18. 
  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 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927045829/http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003. Retrieved 2007-04-18. 
  3. ^ "The NPP race is not for the swift?". Politics of Friday, 31 March 2006. Ghana Home Page. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=101872. Retrieved 2007-04-18. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Nii Amaa Ollennu
Second Republic		 Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
1965 – 19661		 Succeeded by
Daniel Francis Annan
Fourth Republic
Notes and references
1. [1]
  1. ^ http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003