Ferdinand K. D. Goka

Ferdinand K. D. Goka
Minister for Finance[1]
In office
8 May 1961 – 1964
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byKomla Agbeli Gbedemah
Succeeded byKwesi Amoako-Atta[2]
Minister for Trade[3]
In office
1 July 1960 – 8 May 1961
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byPatrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo
Succeeded byLawrence Rosario Abavana
Regional Commissioner for the Volta Region
In office
June 1959 – June 1960
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded byFrancis Yao Asare
Member of Parliament
for Adidome[4]
In office
1965 – February 1966
Member of Parliament
for Central Tongu[5]
In office
1956–1965
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka

(1919-11-07)7 November 1919
Mafi Anfoe, Ghana
Died2007
Mafi Anfoe, Ghana
CitizenshipGhana
Alma materAkropong Presbyterian Training College

Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (1919-2007) was a Ghanaian teacher and politician. He was a Volta Regional minister, and as Ghana's second finance minister during the first republic.[6] He is often credited as the man who changed the name of Trans Volta Togoland to the Volta Region.[7]

  1. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1963. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1966. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1961. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1966. p. 24.
  5. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1961. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962. p. 30.
  7. ^ "Ghana: "The Greatest Son of Mafiland" Laid to Rest". AllAfrica. Retrieved 23 September 2019.