Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr

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Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Asebu
In office
1965–1966

Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr, also known by the name Eddie Ampah, was a Ghanaian author and politician. He was the member of parliament for the Asebu constituency from 1965 to 1966. [1]

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Early life and education

Ampah was born on 6 March 1925 at Saltpond in the Central Region. He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy from 1941 to 1945. [2]

Politics

Ampah was a Councillor of the Cape Coast Town Council. [3] He was elected chairman of the Cape Coast Municipal Council in 1954. He remained in this position until 1958.

In 1956, he was one of the candidates nominated by the Convention People's Party to represent the Cape Coast electoral area for the 1956 Legislative Assembly elections however, Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck was ultimately selected to contest for the seat. [4] On 1 July 1959 he was appointed district commissioner for Cape Coast and the regional secretary of the Convention People's Party in the Central Region. [5] [6] [7] In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the Asebu constituency. [8] [9] He served in this capacity until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown. [2]

Death

Ampah Jnr died in the late 1960s. [10]

Publications

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  2. 1 2 "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 201. 1966.
  3. ↑ Cofie, M. Therson (23 July 1952). Daily Graphic: Issue 532, July 23 1952. Graphic Communications Group.
  4. ↑ "Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1". Government Print Office. 1956. p. 813.
  5. ↑ "Executive Instruments". Executive Instruments. Ghana Publishing Company: 189. 1960.
  6. ↑ "The New Ghana, Volume 7". The New Ghana. Ghana Information Services Department: 39. 1962.
  7. ↑ Ghana. Commission of Enquiry into the University College of Cape Coast. (1970). Report of the Commission of Enquiry Into the University College of Cape Coast. Ghana. Commission of Enquiry into the University College of Cape Coast. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Ghana National Assembly. 1965. p. iii.
  9. ↑ "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 22. 1966.
  10. ↑ White paper on the Report of the Second report of the Jiagge Commission of Enquiry into the Assets of Specified Persons, Volume 2 (Report). Ministry if Information. 1969. p. 56.
  11. ↑ Ampah, Eddie (1951). The tears of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: the Rise of the Convention People's party. Convention People's Party, Central Regional Secretariat, Cape Coast.
  12. ↑ "Mankind, Volume 1, Issues 7–12". Mankind. New Delhi : K. Pattnayak: 201. 1957.
  13. ↑ Ampah, Eddie (1955). The Gold Coast Tomorrow. West African Graphic Company.
  14. ↑ "Osagyefo in the Central Region: Shown Round over Six Million Pounds Projects under Construction Illus. with photos". Bibliopolis. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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