Kwasi Annoh Ankama

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Kwasi Annoh Ankama
MP
MP for Atiwa
In office
January 2009 – 1 July 2010
PresidentJohn Evans Atta Mills
Succeeded byKwesi Amoako Atta
Personal details
Born(1957-06-01)1 June 1957
Ghana
Died1 July 2010(2010-07-01) (aged 53)
London
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Ghana, Ghana School of Law
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Kwasi Annoh Ankama (1 June 1957 – 1 July 2010) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician.[1] He was a Member of Parliament of the Atiwa constituency and a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1] He died while in office on an official delegation to London. He was succeeded as MP by Kwesi Amoako Atta.

Early life and education[]

Kwasi Ankama was born at Abomosu in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Ghana, Legon, in 1984.[1] He then proceeded to the Ghana School of Law, Makola, graduating in 1986. He obtained a post-graduate diploma in Housing Law from the University of London in 1997.[1]

Working and political life[]

Annoh Ankama worked as a lawyer and was a Special Assistant to President John Agyekum Kufour.[1][2]

In 2008, he contested and won the Atiwa constituency election by obtaining 26,423 votes out of the 34,570 valid votes cast, representing 76.4 percent of the vote.[1] Annoh Ankama served on various parliamentary committees, including the Subsidiary Legislation Committee, Judiciary Committee, and Local Government and Rural Development Committee of Parliament.[3]

His parliamentary seat was declared vacant on 7 July 2010 by Joyce Bamford-Addo, the then Speaker of Parliament.[2] A by-election held to fill the vacant seat was won by Kwesi Amoako Atta.[4]

Personal life[]

Annoh Ankama was married with three children. He was a Christian and a member of the Catholic Church in Ghana.[1]

Death[]

In June 2010, Annoh Ankama was part of an official government delegation that traveled to the United Kingdom for political consultations.[5] He fell ill during the trip and was taken to a hospital in London, but died while receiving treatment on July 1.[2][3][6] His body was returned to Ghana for burial on August 20, and interred later that month.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Full MP Details". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Atiwa constituency seat declared vacant". Modern Ghana. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Atiwa MP is dead". Ghana Web. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Akufo Addo gave Atiwa a bad name". My Joy Online. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Kwesi Annoh's demise is a double loss – Doe Adjaho". Ghana Web. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Who Wins Atiwa By-Election?". Modern Ghana. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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