Isaac Adomako-Mensah Explained

Isaac Adomako-Mensah
Constituency Mp:Kwanwoma[1]
Parliament:Ghana
Predecessor:New
Successor:Constituency abolished
Term Start:1965
Term End:1966
Constituency Mp1:
Atwima Amansie
Parliament1:Ghana
Successor1:Joe Appiah
Term Start1:1954
Term End1:1956
Parliament2:Ghana
Predecessor2:Joe Appiah
Successor2:Kofi Gyenfi II
Term Start2:1961
Term End2:1965
Birth Date:1908
Birth Name:Isaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah
Children:13
Alma Mater:Achimota Training College
Profession:Teacher, politician

Isaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah (1908 - 1983) was a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of parliament for the Atwima Amansie constituency from 1954 to 1956 and from 1961 to 1965.[2] In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the Kwanwoma constituency until 1966.

Early life and education

Adomako-Mensah was born in 1908 at Akrofuom, Assin, Ashanti Region. He had his early education at St. Peter's School in Kumasi and left in 1925, after having passed the Standard Seven Examination. He continued at Achimota Training College completing his course there in 1929. He later studied and passed his London Matriculation Examination.[3]

Career and politics

Adomako-Mensah begun working in 1930 as a second-class teacher. He taught from then until 1954 when he was appointed Education Secretary for the Kumasi Municipal Council. That same year he entered politics and stood for the Atwima Amansie seat on the ticket of the Convention People's Party.[4] He won the seat in the 1954 parliamentary elections and remained member of parliament for the constituency from 15 June 1954 until 1956.[5] He lost the 1956 parliamentary elections to Joe Appiah however when Appiah was arrested in 1961 under the Preventive Detention Act he took over his former post as the member of parliament for the Atwima Amansie constituency.[6] In 1965, he became the member of parliament for the Kanwoma constituency.[7] He remained in this position until the Nkrumah government was overthrown in 1966.

Personal life

Adomako-Mensah and his wife Hannah had five children. He had eight more children by other women.[3] He died on 23 October 1983.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2 . iii . Ghana National Assembly . 1965.
  2. News: Ghana Year Book. 27 . Daily Graphic . 1964.
  3. Report of the Manyo-Plange (Assets) Commission, appointed under the Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1964 (Act 250) and N. L. C. (Investigation and Forfeiture of Assets) Decree, 1966 (N. L. C. D. 72) to enquire into the assets of specified persons . Ghana Publishing Corporation . x and ii . 1969.
  4. 1964 . Parliamentary debates : National Assembly official report . Government Printing Department (Publications Branch) . Ghana Publications Corporation.
  5. Report of the Manyo-Plange (Assets) Commission, appointed under the Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1964 (Act 250) and N. L. C. (Investigation and Forfeiture of Assets) Decree, 1966 (N. L. C. D. 72) to enquire into the assets of specified persons . Ghana Publishing Corporation . xi . 1969.
  6. 1962 . Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2 . Ghana National Assembly . 266.
  7. Book: West Africa Annual . 1965 . James Clarke . 80 . en . 8.
  8. News: Clegg . Sam . 22 November 1988 . LEGAL NOTICE BY EXECUTIVES TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS LEGAL NOTICE BY EXECUTIVES TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ISAAC JOSEPH ADOMAKO-MENSAH (Deceased) . Daily Graphic . 7 November 2019.