- Imoru Egala
Alhaji Imoru Egala (1914 -
April 2 ,1981 ) was a formerforeign minister ofGhana in the First Republic between 1960 and 1961. [cite web |url=http://rulers.org/fm2.html |title=Foreign ministers E-K:Ghana |accessdate=2007-04-11 |author=B. Schemmel |publisher=Rulers.org]Mr. Egala held various cabinet posts under Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah 'sConvention People's Party government including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information.He is also a founder of the People's National Party which won the 1979 presidential and parliamentary elections. He sponsored the candidacy of Dr.
Hilla Limann who became the president of the Third Republic of Ghanacite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803EFDA1438F931A35757C0A967948260 |title= IMORU EGALA, GHANAIAN POLITICIAN AND FOUNDER OF GOVERNING PARTY |accessdate=2007-04-11 |date=April 2, 1981 |publsiher=The New York Times] because he was then serving a twelve year ban from public office in Ghana. [cite web |url=http://www.worldbank.org/aid/africa/ghana.pdf |title=Aid and Reform in Ghana |accessdate=2007-04-11 |last=Tsikata |first=Yvonne M. |date=May 1999 |format=pdf |pages=page 12 |work=Aid and Reform in Africa:Country case study papers |publisher=World Bank |quote=The initial choice, Mr. Imoru Egala, who founded the PNP, was under a twelve-year ban from publicoffice dating back to 1969. He was appealing this ban at the time of the election and was hence ineligibleto run for President.]He died on
April 2 ,1981 inNew York ,USA .Imoru Egala was married to Hajia Memuna Egala. His daughter, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama is the wife of the Vice President of Ghana,
Aliu Mahama . [cite web |url=http://www.ghanacastle.gov.gh/vpf/vpfcastle_n.cfm?CorpID=1 |title=The Second Lady |accessdate=2007-04-14 |work=Official website of the Office of the President of Ghana |publisher=Ghana government]References
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