Daniel Asafo-Agyei Explained

Daniel Asafo-Agyei
Office:Minister for Fisheries
President:Kwame Nkrumah
Term Start:1965
Term End:1966
Constituency Mp1:Manhyia
Parliament1:Ghana
Predecessor1:New
Successor1:Kwame Safo-Adu
Term Start1:1965
Term End1:1966
Constituency Mp2:Kumasi North
Parliament2:Ghana
Predecessor2:Cobina Kessie
Successor2:Constituency abolished
Term Start2:1959
Term End2:1965
Birth Date:1890
Birth Name:Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei
Death Date:1980
Occupation:Merchant

Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei was a Ghanaian politician and merchant.[1] He replaced Cobina Kessie as the member of parliament for the Kumasi North constituency in 1959 when the latter took up a diplomatic appointment as Ghana's ambassador to Liberia.[2] [3] [4] Asafo-Agyei represented Kumasi North from 1959 until 1965 when he became the member of parliament for the Manhyia constituency.[5] [6] While in parliament, he was appointed deputy minister for Agriculture and in 1965 he was appointed minister for Fisheries (a new ministry that had been created at the time).[7] [8] [9] He served in this capacity until February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.

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  1. Debates, Issue 1 . Gold Coast Legislative Assembly . 370 . 1953 . Debates.
  2. Debates, Issue 1 . Gold Coast Legislative Assembly . 370 . 1953 . Debates.
  3. Ghana Year Book 1961 . Graphic Corporation . 13 . 1961 . Ghana Year Book.
  4. West African Review, Volume 31 . West African Graphics Company . 45 . 1960 . West African Review.
  5. Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2 . iii and 8 . Ghana National Assembly . 1965 . Parliamentary Debates; Official Report.
  6. West Africa Annual, Issue 8 . James Clarke . 80 . 1965 . West Africa Annual.
  7. Ghana Year Book 1964 . 26 . Daily Graphic . 1964 . Ghana Year Book.
  8. West Africa, Issues 2484–2508 . Afrimedia International . 183 . 1965 . West Africa.
  9. Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 91–95. United States. Central Intelligence Agency . I 3 . 1965.