Komla Dotse Akude

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Komla Dotse Akude
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Ho East
In office
1969–1972
OccupationTeacher

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]

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Education and early life

He was born 15 September 1936 in Volta Region of Ghana. [1] 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. [1]

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. [1] [2] [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. [1]

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References

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