Felix Owusu-Adjapong Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Felix Owusu-Adjapong
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp:Akyem Swedru
Parliament:Ghana
Term Start:7 January 1997
Term End:6 January 2009
Predecessor:Paul Kofi Peprah
Successor:Joseph Ampomah Bosompem
Office2:Minister for Energy
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2009
President2:John Kufuor
Predecessor2:Joseph Kofi Adda
Successor2:Joe Oteng-Adjei
Birth Date:1944 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Akye Swedru
Death Place:Ghana
Restingplace:Akyem Swedru
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:New Patriotic Party
Alma Mater:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ghana School of Law
Occupation:Politician
Religion:Christian

Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong (13 February 1944 – 4 October 2023) was a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Parliament of Ghana as a New Patriotic Party (NPP) representative for Akyem Swedru of the eastern region of Ghana.[1] He also served as Minister for Energy.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Felix Owusu-Adjapong studied Land Economy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. He also studied Housing, Planning and Building at the Bouwcentrum Institute in Rotterdam, Urban Land Appraisal at the University of Reading in England, and law at the Ghana School of Law.[4]

Political career

Owusu-Adjapong was a member of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5] He was first elected Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru in the 1996 Ghanaian general elections with a total of 15,824 making 45.30% of the total valid votes cast that year.[6] [7] He was re-elected in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections with a majority of 14,614 making 56.80% of the votes cast.[8] [9] In February 2001 he was appointed Minister for Transport and Communications,[10] and in April 2003 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.[11]

In the 2004 Ghanaian general elections, he was elected again as Member of Parliament with a majority vote of 21,048 making 66.94% of the total votes polled that year.[12] [13] [14] In 2007 he resigned his ministerial position to make an unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination of the NPP.[15] He did not contest his parliamentary constituency at the 2008 Ghanaian General Elections, and Joseph Ampomah Bosompem won it for the NPP with a majority of 8,469.[16] In June 2008 he was appointed Minister of Energy,[17] holding the post until the end of Kufuor's government in January 2009.

Death

Felix Owusu-Adjapong died on 4 October 2023, at the age of 79.[18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 25 December 2009. Owusu Adjapong's Christmas message.
  2. Web site: Africa. Daily Guide. 5 March 2014. Felix Owusu-Adjapong Marks 70th Birthday. 10 September 2020. News Ghana. en-US.
  3. Web site: Reject 'executive team' list - Owusu-Adjapong urges NPP delegates. 10 September 2020. Modern Ghana. en.
  4. Web site: F.K. Owusu-Adjapong . 31 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723135007/http://ghanaweb.net/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=182 . 23 July 2011 . dead .
  5. Web site: Online . Peace FM . Press Release by Hon. Felix Owusu Adjapong . 10 September 2020 . Peacefmonline - Ghana news.
  6. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 1996 Results - Akim Swedru Constituency. 10 September 2020. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  7. http://www.ec.gov.gh/userfiles/1996%20Parliamentary%20Election%20Results.pdf Electoral Commission of Ghana
  8. Web site: FM. Peace. Parliament - Eastern Region Election 2000 Results. 10 September 2020. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  9. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana6.txt Adam Carr's Election Archives
  10. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=13513 Kufuor swears in four more ministers
  11. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34819 Government names new Cabinet
  12. Web site: FM. Peace. Parliament - Eastern Region Election 2000 Results. 10 September 2020. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  13. Web site: Ghana Election akim-swedru Constituency Results . 10 September 2020 . GraphicGhana.
  14. http://www.ec.gov.gh/userfiles/file/2004ParliamentaryDetResults.pdf Electoral Commission of Ghana
  15. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=133295 Felix Owusu-Adjapong files tomorrow
  16. Web site: Parliamentary Results Akyem Swedru (Eastern Region) . 19 December 2017 . GhanaWeb . en.
  17. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=145225 Four "New" Ministers sworn into office
  18. News: Former NPP Majority Leader, Felix Owusu-Adjapong passes on at 79 . 5 October 2023 . Ghana Web . 4 October 2023.