Aaron Mike Oquaye

Aaron Mike oquaye
Aaron Mike Oquaye, 2019
Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
(6th Speaker of the Fourth Republic)
In office
7 January 2017 – 6 January 2021
Preceded byEdward Adjaho
Succeeded byAlban Bagbin
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
Preceded byKenneth Dzirasah
Succeeded byJoe Ghartey
Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2013
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded bySarah Adwoa Safo
Minister for Communication
In office
January 2006 – July 2007
Preceded byAlbert Kan-Dapaah
Succeeded byBenjamin Aggrey Ntim
Minister of Energy
In office
2005–2006
Preceded byPaa Kwesi Nduom
Succeeded byJoseph Kofi Adda
High Commissioner to Maldives
In office
2003–2005
High Commissioner to India
In office
2001–2005
Personal details
Born
Michael Aaron Oquaye

(1944-04-04) 4 April 1944 (age 80)
Osu, Accra, Gold Coast
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
SpouseAlberta Oquaye
Children6
EducationPresbyterian Boys' Secondary School
Apam Senior High School
University of Ghana
University of London
Lincoln's Inn
Alma materSOAS University of London (Ph.D)
Occupation
In a meeting with the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin and other Parliament Chairman's from Africa, Beit HaNassi, December 2017 (third from right)

Aaron Mike Oquaye (born 4 April 1944) is a Ghanaian barrister and politician who served as the sixth Speaker of Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana from 2017 to 2021.[1][2] An academic, diplomat and Baptist minister, he previously held the cabinet ministerial portfolios for energy and communication and was also the High Commissioner of Ghana to India (2002–04) in the Kufuor administration.[3]

  1. ^ Mubarik, Abu (6 January 2017). "Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye sworn-in as Speaker". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ Agyeman, Nana Konadu (22 May 2020). "Speaker calls for dialogue on capping of Supreme Court Judges". Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Profile of Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye - MyJoyOnline.com". myjoyonline. Retrieved 3 March 2021.