Martin Appiah-Danquah

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Martin Appiah-Danquah
Personal details
Born(1924-09-21)September 21, 1924
Nkawie, Ashanti Region
Died1996
NationalityGhanaian
Political party Convention Peoples Party
SpouseSophia Appiah-Danquah
Alma mater Akim Abuakwa State College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionFarmer

Martin Appiah-Danquah was a Ghanaian politician and farmer. [1]

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Personal life and education

Appiah-Danquah was born on 21 September 1924. [2] He hailed from Nkawie in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He had his basic education at the English Church Mission School in Nkawie. In 1940, he furthered his education at the Akim Abuakwa State College in Kibi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [1]

Appiah-Danquah was an Ashanti. [3] He was married to Sophia Appiah-Danquah. [2] [4] Martin Appiah-Danquah died on 6 June 1996. [2]

Career

In January 1954, Appiah-Danquah was appointed the Secretary-General of the United Ghana Farmers' Council Co-operatives till 1966. [5] [6] [7] In 1961, he was also the Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. [8] [9] He was also the Chairman of the National Cooperative Council. [10] [11]

Politics

Appiah-Danquah was a member of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP). [3] [12]

Controversy

In May 1969, Appiah-Danquah was among 21 former CPP members accused of unlawfully amassing a wealth of 96,647.20 cedi and his houses were seized by the Government of Ghana. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 Ghanaian. Star Publishing Company, Limited. 1960.
  2. 1 2 3 Aryeh, Elvis D. (1997-06-06). Daily Graphic: Issue 1,4460 June 6 1997. Graphic Communications Group.
  3. 1 2 Biswal, Tapan Prasad (1992). Ghana, Political and Constitutional Developments. Northern Book Centre. ISBN   978-81-7211-029-1.
  4. ↑ Addai-Sebo, Akyaaba (26 September 2019). "CPP Loses A Mother". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Ghana (1969). White Paper on the Report of the Jiagge Commission of Enquiry Into the Assets of Specified Persons. Ghana Publishing Corporation.
  6. ↑ Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1962). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts.
  7. ↑ Relations, Great Britain Office of Commonwealth (1962). The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book. H.M. Stationery Office.
  8. ↑ Vieta, Kojo T. (1999). The Flagbearers of Ghana: Profiles of One Hundred Distinguished Ghanians. Ena Publications. ISBN   978-9988-0-0138-4.
  9. ↑ Apter, David E. (2015-03-08). Ghana in Transition. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-1-4008-6702-8.
  10. ↑ Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. University of California Press.
  11. ↑ Coleman, James S.; Rosberg, Carl G. (2023-04-28). Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa. Univ of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-31175-6.
  12. ↑ Judiciary, United States Congress Senate Committee on the (1963). Is U.S. Money Aiding Another Communist State?: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  13. ↑ Ofori, Henry (1969-05-12). Daily Graphic: Issue 5,788 May 12 1969. Graphic Communications Group.
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