- Felix Owusu-Adjapong
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Hon. Felix Owusu-Adjapong Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Akyem SwedruIn office
7 January 1997 – 7 January 2009Preceded by Paul Kofi Peprah Succeeded by Joseph Ampomah Bosompem Majority 11,381 Minister for Energy In office
2008–2009President 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
References
- ^ F.K. Owusu-Adjapong
- ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana
- ^ Adam Carr's Election Archives
- ^ Kufuor swears in four more ministers, ghanaweb.com, 10 February 2001
- ^ Government names new Cabinet, ghanaweb.com, 1 April 2003
- ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana
- ^ Felix Owusu-Adjapong files tomorrow, ghanaweb.com, 31 October 2007
- ^ ghanaweb.com
- ^ Four "New" Ministers sworn into office, ghanaweb.com, 12 June 2008
Parliament of Ghana Preceded by
Paul Kofi PeprahMember of Parliament for Akyem Swedru
1997 – 2009Succeeded by
Joseph Ampomah BosompemPreceded by
?Majority Leader
2005 – 2008Succeeded by
Abraham Ossei AidoohPolitical offices Preceded by
Edward Salia
Minister for Roads and TransportMinister for Transport and Communications
2001 – 2003Succeeded by
Richard Winfred Anane
Minister for Roads, Highways and TransportPreceded by
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah
Minister for CommunicationsSucceeded by
Albert Kan Dapaah
Minister for Communications and TechnologyPreceded by
?Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
2003 – 2007Succeeded by
Abraham Ossei AidoohPreceded by
Joseph Kofi AddaMinister for Energy
2008 – 2009Succeeded by
Joe Oteng-AdjeiCategories:- Living people
- 1944 births
- Alumni of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001
- Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005
- Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009
- Communication ministers of Ghana
- Energy ministers of Ghana
- Transport ministers of Ghana
- New Patriotic Party politicians
- Ghanaian politician stubs
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