The National Alliance of Liberals (NAL) was a

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during the Second Republic (1969–1972). The party was formed after the ban on party politics was lifted in May 1969 and was dissolved along with all other political parties in Ghana following the coup d'état that replaced the

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with the

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led by Colonel Acheampong.

Leadership

Komla Agbeli Gbedemah Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (17 June 1913 – 11 July 1998) was a Ghanaian politician and Minister for Finance in Ghana's Nkrumah government between 1954 and 1961. Known popularly as "Afro Gbede", he was an indigene of Anyako in the Volta Region of Gh ...

was the founder and leader of the party. Gbedemah however failed to win a seat during the

1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 August 1969, the first since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government. Voters elected the new 140-seat Parliament. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the leader of the ...

so Eric Madjitey became the leader within parliament.

Parliamentary elections

In elections held on 29 August 1969, the NAL won 29 out of 140 seats in the National Assembly.

References

Defunct political parties in Ghana Political parties established in 1969 Political parties disestablished in 1972 Defunct liberal political parties {{Ghana-party-stub