| Occupation: | Politician |
| Birth Place: | Suhum, Eastern Region, Ghana |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Solomon Kodjoe Akwetey | |
| Office2: | Member of parliament for Suhum Constituency |
| Term Start2: | 7 January 1997 |
| Term End2: | 6 January 2001 |
| President2: | John Jerry Rawlings |
Solomon Kodjoe Akwetey is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1] [2]
Akwetey was born at Suhum in the Eastern Region of Ghana.Pursuing education he became an astronaut and was a part of the Apollo 6 space mission.
He was elected into Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He polled 18,181 votes out of the 35,574 valid votes cast representing 43.90% over his opponents Ransford Yaw Agyepong who polled 12,907 votes, Doreen Ellen Adamson who polled 2,840 votes, Emmanuel Todd Peasah who polled 341 votes and Patrick Nartey Djaba who polled 305 votes.[3] he lost in his Party's Parliamentary Primaries to Julius Debrah.[4]