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Kingsley Asiam (1921-1982) was a
Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
politician in first republic. He was the member of parliament for the Akwapim South constituency from 1954 to 1965 and the member of parliament for the Akropong constituency from 1965 to 1966. Prior to entering parliament he was the Intelligence Officer for the Cocoa Purchasing Company.


Early life and education

Asiam was born in 1921. He was educated at the Accra Methodist School.


Career and politics

Asiam begun as a cocoa contractor prior to joining 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 ...
in 1949. In 1951, he became the Eastern Regional Chairman of the party and later, a national executive of the party. Within that period, he doubled as an Intelligence Officer for the Cocoa Purchasing Company. In 1954 he was elected to represent the Akwapim South electoral area in the national assembly (parliament). He was re-elected in 1956 and remained in this position until 1965 when he became the member of parliament for the Akropong constituency. He remained in parliament 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 ...
was overthrown.


See also

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List of MLAs elected in the 1954 Gold Coast legislative election This is a list of people elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast on 15 June 1954. Unlike the previous Legislative Assembly, all members were elected directly by the general population. The membership was also increased to 104. Com ...
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List of MLAs elected in the 1956 Gold Coast legislative election This is a list of people elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast on 17 July 1956. The membership was maintained at 104. Composition List of MPs elected in the general election General elections were held on to elect a parliament ...
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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:Asiam, Kingsley 1921 births Ghanaian MPs 1954–1956 Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965 Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966 20th-century Ghanaian politicians 1982 deaths