Komla Dotse Akude Explained

Komla Dotse Akude
Constituency Mp:Ho East
Parliament:Ghana
Term Start:1969
Term End:1972
Predecessor:Military government
Successor:Parliament dissolved
Birth Date:1936 9, df=yes
Citizenship:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Occupation:Teacher

Komla Dotse Akude is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Ho East Constituency under the membership of the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL).[1] [2] [3]

Education and early life

He was born 15 September 1936 in Volta Region of Ghana. He attended Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate. He also obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Politics

Akude began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL) to represent Ho East constituency prior to the commencement of the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[4] 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.[5]

Personal life

He is a Presbyterian. He is a Teacher.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Office of the National Assembly. 1969. Accra. 146.
  2. Book: Assembly, Ghana National. Parliamentary Debates; Official Report. 1969. en.
  3. Web site: Komla Dotse Akude, Biography. 2022-01-29. www.ghanaweb.com.
  4. Book: Assembly, Ghana National. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. 1970. Ghana Publishing Corporation. en.
  5. Book: The Faces of Africa: Diversity and Progress: Repression and Struggle. 1972. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.