Гораций Кофи-Сакей
Гораций Уолтер Кофи Сакки | |
|---|---|
| Член парламента Ганы Для избирательного округа Бантама | |
| В офисе 1969–1972 | |
| Предшествует | Соломон сделал Соломон Тандо |
| Преуспевает | Kwabena thedai adai the mensah |
| Министерский секретарь по делам | |
| В офисе 1969–1972 | |
| Президент | Эдвард Акуфо-Аддо |
| премьер-министр | Кофе Abrefa Busia |
| Министр | Gotel Wilberfeeze Airuka-Darko |
| Личные данные | |
| Рожденный | Гораций Уолтер Кофи-Сакей 2 августа 1932 г. Золотой побережье |
| Национальность | Ганский |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Гораций Уолтер Кофи-Сакей был адвокатом Ганы и политиком, который занимал пост члена парламента во второй республике, представляющей избирательный округ Бантама в регионе Ашанти Гана. [ 1 ] Он также занимал должность в качестве министерского секретаря (заместителя министра) за работы в правительстве Бусии . [ 2 ]
Ранняя жизнь и образование
[ редактировать ]Кофи-Сакей родился 2 сентября 1932 года. Он получил образование в Академии Аккра с 1947 по 1950 год. Он отправился в колледж Ачимота с 1950 по 1952 год для своего шестом образовательного образования. Он продолжил в Лондонской школе экономики , избирательном колледже Лондонского университета с 1954 по 1957 год. [ 3 ]
Карьера и политика
[ редактировать ]Kofi-Sackey был вызван в бар в Lincoln's Inn [ 4 ] 24 июня 1958 года и Бар Ганы 24 июля 1958 года. [ 5 ] В том же году он вступил в частную юридическую практику. Он практиковал в Кумаси . [ 6 ] He was a member of the Ashanti Bar Association (the Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association)[7] and also became president of the association.[3]
In 1969, he was elected as a member of parliament for Bantama[8] a constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the Progress Party. He contested with Bonsu Osei-Tutu of the National Alliance of Liberals and Samuel Kwabena Danso of the United Nationalist Party.[9] That same year he was appointed deputy minister for Works.[10][11][12] He served in that position until 1972[5] when the Busia government was overthrown.
He and other top officials of the then erstwhile Progress Party were arrested without trial and detained for fifteen months.[13] A ban was formally placed on all political parties and political activities on 16 January 1972, three days after the coup d'état.[14] A committee was set up to investigate the assets of top officials of the party of which he was included on 9 February 1972.[15] The adverse findings levelled against him and other party members by the committee were revoked by a review tribunal in 1979. He and some members of the party namely; Haruna Esseku, Bukari Adama and Alhaji Bukari consequently filed petitions against the adverse findings of the committee which was in turn dismissed by the tribunal.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Kofi-Sackey married Valerie Lindoe in 1957. She was head of the Castle Information Bureau during the Provisional National Defence Council era. Valerie Sackey was a teacher at Opoku Ware School; and also an officer with the Department of Game and Wildlife.[17][18][19][20] They had three children; Michael, Joseph and Anne.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Telephone Directory". National government publication. 1974. p. 171.
- ^ Martinson, H. B. (2001). Ghana: The Dream of the 21st Century : Politics of J.B. Danquah, Busia and Kufuor Tradition. Norcento Press. p. 71. ISBN 9789988776763.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Danquah, Moses (1969). "The Birth of the Second Republic". p. 104.
- ^ Baildon, W. P.; Walker, J. D.; Roxburgh, Ronald (2001). The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: 1914–1965. Lincoln's Inn. p. 785. ISBN 9780954061906.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Osei, J. K. (1974). "Your Guide to the Kumasi City". p. 50.
- ^ Agyemang, Eddie (12 July 1969). "No Case Against Mrs. Edusei: Counsel Submits". Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Ghana Bar Bulletin, Volume 1". Ghana Bar Association. 1988. p. 93.
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1970. p. 55.
- ^ "The Legon Observer, Volume 4, Issues 18–26". Legon Society on National Affairs. 1969. p. 8.
- ^ "Parliamentary debates : official report". Ghana Publications Corporation. 1970. p. 433.
- ^ "Ghana Year Book 1971". Graphic Corporation. 1971. p. 53.
- ^ "Ghana Business Guide". Business Publications. 1969. p. 6.
- ^ Ghana : 50 years of independence. 2013. ISBN 9781462837618.
- ^ "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". Council on Foreign Relations. 1973. p. 45.
- ^ Taylor Assets Committee (1976). Report of the Taylor Assets Committee Appointed Under N.R.C. (investigation and Forfeiture of Assets) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 19) to Enquire into the Assets of Scheduled Persons, Volume 1, Issue 1. p. ii.
- ^ "Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series, Volumes 16–17". Blackwell. 1979. p. 5231.
- ^ "Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 31–36". Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1986. p. 19.
- ^ Hasty, Jennifer (2005). The press and political culture in Ghana. p. 171. ISBN 0253111358.
- ^ "Ghana Newsletter, Volume 8". Dutch Ghana Committee. 1989. p. 10.
- ^ Hasty, Jennifer (1991). Worse than South Africa : hypocrisy in African politics. p. 117. ISBN 9780951801307.
- 1932 births
- Akan people
- 20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
- Ghanaian MPs 1969–1972
- Alumni of the Accra Academy
- Alumni of Achimota School
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Alumni of the University of London
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Alumni of the Inns of Court School of Law
- Progress Party (Ghana) politicians
- 20th-century Ghanaian politicians
- People from Ashanti Region