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Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (1928 – 2021) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was the Member of parliament for Mampong North in the Third Republic of Ghana. He became a member of parliament following a by-election due to the execution by firing squad of Afrifa and other senior military officers on 26 June 1979. Afrifa had won the seat in the
1979 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979. The presidential election resulted in victory for Hilla Limann of the People's National Party, who received 62% of the votes in ...
but never got to take his seat in parliament. His execution followed a coup d'état on 4 June 1979 which led to the formation of the
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) was a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s. While the AFRC briefly controlled the country in 1998, it was driven from the cap ...
military government. He was married to Sophia Nana Wiba Sackey with whom he had two daughters, Anastasia and Felicia. She died after a short illness in October 2019. Akuoko died in October 2021 aged 93. He had thirteen children.


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List of MPs elected in the 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election The 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election, election of Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Parliament of the Third Republic was held on 18 June 1979. Current composition List of MPs elected in the general election The follo ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akuoku, Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi 1928 births 2021 deaths Ghanaian MPs 1979–1981