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Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr also known by the name Eddie Ampah was a Ghanaian author and politician. He was the member of parliament for the
Asebu Asebu (also known as Sabou) was a former Fante people, Fante chiefdom and town in the Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese District, Central Region, Ghana, Central Region, Ghana. In the history of the Gold Coast (region), Gold Coast, Asebu is notable for being ...
constituency from 1965 to 1966.


Early life and education

Ampah was born on 6 March 1925 at Saltpond in the Central Region. He had his secondary education at the
Accra Academy Accra Academy is a Non-denominational Christianity, non-denominational Day School, day and Boarding School, boarding Single-sex education, boys' school. It is located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region. The school was establishe ...
from 1941 to 1945.


Politics

Ampah was elected chairman of the Cape Coast Municipal Council in 1954. He remained in this position until 1958. In 1956 he was one of the candidates nominated by the Convention People's Party to represent the Cape Coast electoral area for the 1956 Legislative Assembly elections however,
Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck (1915–1972) was a Ghanaian politician and a diplomat. He was a founding member of the Convention People's Party and minister of state in the first republic. He was briefly resident minister of Ghana in Guinea and also ...
was ultimately selected to contest for the seat. On 1 July 1959 he was appointed district commissioner for
Cape Coast Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea ...
and the regional secretary of the Convention People's Party in the Central Region. In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the
Asebu Asebu (also known as Sabou) was a former Fante people, Fante chiefdom and town in the Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese District, Central Region, Ghana, Central Region, Ghana. In the history of the Gold Coast (region), Gold Coast, Asebu is notable for being ...
constituency. He served in this capacity until 1966 when the
Nkrumah government Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first government under colonial r ...
was overthrown.


Death

He died in the late 1960s.


Publications

* ''The tears of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: the Rise of the Convention People's party'' (1951) * ''The Gold Coast Tomorrow'' (1955) * ''Osagyefo in the Central Region'' (1960)


See also

*
List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election This is a list of members of parliament appointed to represent the various constituencies of Ghana in 1965. Composition In 1964 a constitutional amendment was passed by the CPP majority in parliament to make the country a One-party state. All mem ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ampah, Edward Benjamin Kwesi Jnr 1925 births 1960s deaths Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966 Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians 20th-century Ghanaian politicians Alumni of the Accra Academy