Daniel Asafo-Agyei | |
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Minister for Fisheries | |
In office 1965–1966 | |
President | Kwame Nkrumah |
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Manhyia | |
In office 1965–1966 | |
Preceded by | New |
Succeeded by | Kwame Safo-Adu |
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kumasi North | |
In office 1959–1965 | |
Preceded by | Cobina Kessie |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei 1890 Gold Coast |
Died | 1980 (aged 89–90) |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | Convention People's Party |
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.