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Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu | |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Abetifi | |
| In office 1969–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Military government |
| Succeeded by | Parliament dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abetifi,Eastern Region |
| Citizenship | Ghana |
| Alma mater | Norwood Technical College,London,University of Ghana |
| Occupation | Businessman,Politician |
Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu is a Ghanaian politician who served as member of parliament for Abetifi from 1969 to 1972. [1] [2] He later became an ambassador for Ghana.
Emmanuel is a native of Abetifi,a constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He was born in 1945 and attended Norwood Technical College,London.
Emmanuel was a member of parliament representing Abetifi,a constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana in the parliament of the Second Republic of Ghana,as part of the Progress Party (PP). [2] [1] He was elected into office in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election. The term started on 1 October 1969 and ended on 13 January 1972 when parliament was dissolved. Emmanuel polled 6,671 votes while his opponent Alfred Kye (Independent) polled 1,930 votes. [3]
He was among eight ambassadors appointed by president John Agyekum Kufuor on 15 September 2001 in Accra,as the Ghanaian ambassador to Denmark. [4] He was appointed to the post in 2001 by the PNP Government and helped bring businesses to Ghana including Telenor and Norsk Hydro-,both from Norway. [4] From 14 March 2006 to 13 June 2014 he was ambassador to Porto Novo (Benin) and was West African representative of Scancem International,and CEO of Judah (Alabado) Ltd.
He is a sports enthusiast,and was vice president of the Ghana Football Association 1992–1994,and president of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club from 1994 to 1996.