Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta

Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
4th Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
In office
10 June 1965 – 22 February 1966
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byJoseph Richard Asiedu
Succeeded byParliament suspended
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Begoro
In office
February 1965 – 10 June 1965
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byJones Ofori Atta
Minister for Justice
In office
September 1961 – 1965
Preceded byHimself (Minister for Local Government and Justice)
Succeeded byMinistry merged
B. E. Kwaw-Swanzy (Attorney General and Minister for Justice)
Minister for Local Government and Justice
In office
1958 – September 1961
Preceded byHimself (Minister for Local Government)
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (Minister for Justice)
Succeeded byKwaku Boateng (Minister for Local Government)
Minister for Local Government
In office
1956–1958
Preceded byEdward Asafu-Adjaye
Succeeded byMinistry merged
Himself (Minister for Local Government and Justice)
Minister for Communications
In office
1954–1956
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byArchie Casely-Hayford
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Abuakwa Central
In office
1954 – February 1965
Preceded byJ. B. Danquah
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1912-12-12)12 December 1912
Kibi, Gold Coast
DiedJuly 1978 (aged 65)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Other political
affiliations
Convention People's Party
Parents
Relatives
Occupation

Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, MP (12 December 1912 – July 1978) was a Ghanaian educator, lawyer and politician who served as the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.[1]

  1. ^ Ernest Nee Pobee Sowah, Report of the Sowah Commission..., Volume 2, Ministry of Information, Ghana, 1968, p. 23.