Joseph W.S. deGraft-Johnson

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name = Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson
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office = Vice-President of Ghana
term_start = September 24, 1979
term_end = December 31, 1981
president = Hilla Limann
predecessor = New position
successor = Constitution suspended
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birth_date = October 6 1933
birth_place = Cape Coast, Ghana
death_date = April 22 1999
death_place = London, England
nationality = flagicon|GHA Ghanaian
spouse = Lily Anna de Graft-Johnson (née Sekyi)
party = People's National Party
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profession = Engineer, Academic
religion = Methodist|

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Dr. Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson was an engineer, academic and politician. He became the Vice-President of Ghana between 1979 and 1981.

Career

de Graft-Johnson practised as an engineer in Ghana. He was also a lecturer at the Buildings and Roads Research Institute of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at Kumasi. He later became the director. He was also one of the founding members of the Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhIE). He was the President of the GhIE from 1977 to 1978.cite web |url=http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:dGp5CWvTPVQJ:www.ghie.org/History%2520of%2520the%2520Ghana%2520Institution%2520of%2520Engineers%2520Up%2520to%25202000.pdf+Ghana+OR+President+%22J+W+S+de-Graft+Johnson%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=uk&client=firefox-a |title=The Ghana Institution of Engineers In Perspective |accessdate=2006-06-06 |last=McGough |first=Laura J., Dr. |date=December 1999 |publisher=Ghana Institution of Engineers]

Politics

During the era of military rule under the Supreme Military Council, he was involved in opposition to continued military rule as he was then President of the GhIE, one of many professional bodies in Ghana opposing the military government. He suffered personal attacks because of this. Joseph de Graft Johnson joined the People's National Party (PNP) when it was founded in 1979. This was after the ban on political parties imposed in 1972 by the National Redemption Council was lifted. The PNP won the elections and he became the first ever Vice President of Ghana [cite web |url=http://ghanareview.com/review/index.php?class=Int&date=2005-01-06&id=9218 |title=Aliu makes history as first Veep to earn two terms |accessdate=2006-06-06 |date=6 January 2005 |publisher=Ghana Review International] in the Limann government. The government was overthrown by coup d'état on 31 December 1981. He left for exile in London, England after the coup.

Death

He died on April 22, 1999 in London at the age of 65. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=6492 |title= Mills signs book of condolence for former Veep |accessdate=2006-06-06 |work=General News of Wednesday, 12 May 1999 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

Publications

*cite journal | last =de Graft-Johnson | first =J. W. S. | authorlink =Joseph W.S. de-Graft Johnson | coauthors =Harbhajan Bhatia and A. A. Hammond | title =Lateritic Gravel Evaluation for Road Construction | journal =Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | volume =98 | issue =No. 11 | pages =pp. 1245–1265 | publisher = | date =November 1972 | url =http://www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?0104216 | doi = | id = | accessdate =

References

Persondata
NAME = de Graft-Johnson, Joseph W.S.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Former Vice-President of Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH = October 6 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH = Cape Coast, Ghana
DATE OF DEATH = April 22 1999
PLACE OF DEATH = London, England