James Kojo Obeng (born 28 April 1925) was a Ghanaian politician and teacher. He was the member of parliament for the Amansie constituency from 1965 to 1966.
Biography
Obeng was born in
Effiduase
Effiduase is a town and is the capital of Sekyere East, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Effiduase is known for the Effiduase Secondary Commercial School now Effiduase Senior High School and effiduasi senior high technical school. ...
in the
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
of the
Gold Coast
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Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
(now
Ghana
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).
He began his elementary education at the Asokore Methodist Central School in January 1932.
He later became a Pupil teacher for two years prior to entering
Wesley College of Education, Kumasi
Wesley College of Education is a teacher education college in Kumasi, Ashanti Region in Ghana. It was initially established for the training of teachers, catechists and ministers. It was founded by the Methodist Church, located between New Taf ...
in 1944 obtaining his Teachers' Certificate 'A' in 1947.
Obeng went on to teach at the Asokore Methodist Central School for five before transferring to Hwidiem Ahafo Methodist School where he served as headmaster of the school for eight years.
He later became a Senior teacher at the Effiduasi Methodist Middle School District.
Obeng was made chairman of the
Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UG ...
(CPP) branch of
Sekyere East.
In June 1965 he was elected member of parliament for the Amansie constituency on the ticket of the CPP.
He served in that capacity until 24 February 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 ...
was overthrown.
His hobbies included playing volleyball, gardening and letter writing.
See also
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References
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1925 births
Possibly living people
Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966
Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians
20th-century Ghanaian politicians