Kofi Agyare was a
Ghanaian
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politician. He was the member of parliament for Akim Manso from 1965 to 1966.
Early life and education
Agyare was born in 1913 at
Abetifi
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, a town in the
Eastern Region of
Ghana
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(then
Gold Coast
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* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
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). He had his education at the Presby Junior School and Presby Senior School all in the Abetifi-Kwahu area from 1921 to 1931.
Career and politics
After school he worked as a registrar at the Omanhene's (traditional ruler) tribunal in Kwahu Abene from 1932 to 1933. In 1934 he moved to
Koforidua
Koforidua, also popularly known as K-dua or Kofcity, is a city and the capital of Eastern Region in southern Ghana. Koforidua was founded in 1875 by migrants from Ashanti. It is also called New Juaben. The city has a settlement city proper pop ...
to work at
Cadbury as a station clerk. From 1936 to 1938 he was the registrar of the Paramount Tribunal and Buem State Council at Borada in the
Volta Region
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. He worked as a licensed letter writer at
Akim Oda then in the
Western Akim District from 1939 to 1940. In 1941 he worked at the Akim Kotoku native court which was situated at Akroso as a registrar. While working as a registrar for the court, he helped build the Akroso market and the state school. In 1945 he was the court clerk and secretary of the Omanhene (traditional ruler) of the Gomoa Assin Traditional Area, he was stationed at
Apam
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Apam is the site of Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience, a Dutch-built ...
and
Winneba
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. He became the first chairman of the
Convention People's Party
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branch in Winneba in 1949. In 1955 he was appointed member of the national food board. He served on the board for one year and was appointed director of G. C. Match Coy in 1956. He served in that post for a year as well. In 1957 he was made the rural liaison officer of the Ghana A.D.C. A year later he was appointed national loans supervisor for the State Cocoa Marketing Board. He served in this position from 1958 to 1965. In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the Akim Manso constituency. He was the member of parliament for the constituency until February 1966 when the
Nkrumah government
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was overthrown.
Personal life
His hobbies were farming, gardening, reading and playing lawn tennis.
See also
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References
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1913 births
Date of death missing
Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966
Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians
20th-century Ghanaian politicians
Politicians from Eastern Region (Ghana)