Benard Kwaku Mensah Explained

Benard Kwaku Mensah
Constituency Mp:Krachi
Parliament:Ghana
Term Start:1969
Term End:1972
Predecessor:Military government
Successor:Parliament dissolved
Citizenship:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Occupation:Teacher
Alma Mater:St. Peters School, Kumasi

Benard Kwaku Mensah (born 1924) was a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Krachi Constituency under the membership of the Progress Party (PP).[1] [2]

Education and early life

Mensah was born in Volta Region of Ghana in 1924. He attended St. Peters School, Kumasi where he obtained Standard Seven Certificate.

Politics

Mensah began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the Progress Party (PP) to represent Krachi constituency prior to the commencement of the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[3] He assumed office as a member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana on 1 October 1969 after being pronounced winner at the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election and was later suspended following the overthrow of the Busia government on 13 January 1972.[4]

Personal life

Mensah was a Christian, and worked as a teacher.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Office of the National Assembly. 1969. Accra. 232.
  2. Book: Assembly, Ghana National. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. 1970. Ghana Publishing Corporation. en.
  3. Book: Assembly, Ghana National. Parliamentary Debates; Official Report. 1969. en.
  4. Book: The Faces of Africa: Diversity and Progress: Repression and Struggle. 1972. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.