Felix Owusu-Adjapong

Hon. Felix Owusu-Adjapong
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Akyem Swedru
In office 7 January 1997 – 7 January 2009
Preceded by	Paul Kofi Peprah
Succeeded by	Joseph Ampomah Bosompem
Majority	11,381
Minister for Energy
In office 2008–2009
President	John Kufuor
Preceded by	Joseph Kofi Adda
Succeeded by	Joe Oteng-Adjei
Personal details
Born	1944
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	New Patriotic Party

Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong (born 1944) is a Ghanaian politician, formerly a Majority Leader in the Ghanaian parliament and a New Patriotic Party (NPP) member of Parliament for the Akyem Swedru. He also held various ministerial portfolios in the Kufuor government.

Life

Felix Owusu-Adjapong studied Land Economy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. He also studied Housing, Planning and Building at the Bouwcentrum Institute in Rotterdam, Urban Land Appraisal at the University of Reading in England, and law at the Ghana Law School.^[1]

He was first elected MP for Akyem Swedru in the 1996 parliamentary elections,^[2] and re-elected in 2000 with a majority of 5,047.^[3] In February 2001 he became Minister for Transport and Communications,^[4] and in April 2003 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.^[5] In 2004 he was re-elected as MP with a majority of 11,381.^[6] In 2007 he resigned his ministerial position to make an unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination of the NPP.^[7] He did not contest his parliamentary constituency at the 2008 elections, and Joseph Ampomah Bosompem won it for the NPP with a majority of 8,469.^[8] In June 2008 he was appointed Minister of Energy,^[9] holding the post until the end of Kufuor's government in January 2009.

See also

• New Patriotic Party
• Kufuor government

References

1. ^ F.K. Owusu-Adjapong
2. ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana
3. ^ Adam Carr's Election Archives
4. ^ Kufuor swears in four more ministers, ghanaweb.com, 10 February 2001
5. ^ Government names new Cabinet, ghanaweb.com, 1 April 2003
6. ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana
7. ^ Felix Owusu-Adjapong files tomorrow, ghanaweb.com, 31 October 2007
8. ^ ghanaweb.com
9. ^ Four "New" Ministers sworn into office, ghanaweb.com, 12 June 2008

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by Paul Kofi Peprah	Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru 1997 – 2009	Succeeded by Joseph Ampomah Bosompem
Preceded by ?	Majority Leader 2005 – 2008	Succeeded by Abraham Ossei Aidooh
Political offices
Preceded by Edward Salia Minister for Roads and Transport	Minister for Transport and Communications 2001 – 2003	Succeeded by Richard Winfred Anane Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport
Preceded by Ekwow Spio-Garbrah Minister for Communications		Succeeded by Albert Kan Dapaah Minister for Communications and Technology
Preceded by ?	Minister for Parliamentary Affairs 2003 – 2007	Succeeded by Abraham Ossei Aidooh
Preceded by Joseph Kofi Adda	Minister for Energy 2008 – 2009	Succeeded by Joe Oteng-Adjei

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Name	Owusu-Adjapong, Felix
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Date of birth	1944
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