Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta

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
Personal details
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.

Family

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

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[3]		 Succeeded by
Nii Amaa Ollennu
(1969 – 1972)

Notes

  1. ^ a b "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo diary. Ghana Home Page. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/photo.day.php?ID=20501. Retrieved 2007-04-28. 
  2. ^ a b Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. "HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF OSAGYEFUO KUNTUNKUNUNKU II, OKYENHENE". Kuntunkununku Tributes. Prempeh College alumni. http://www.prempeh.org/kuntu.html. Retrieved 2007-04-18. 
  3. ^ a b "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.