Saki Scheck (15 October 1925 – 8 September 2001) was a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of
Ghana
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representing
Takoradi Constituency under the membership of the
Progress Party.
Early life and education
Scheck was born 15 October 1925 in the
Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws from
University of Oxford
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and he also attended the
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
Career and politics
Scheck worked as a journalist and a private legal practitioner prior to entering parliament. He was a member of the first parliament of the Second Republic of Ghana representing the
Takoradi Constituency on the ticket of the Progress Party (PP).
He was elected 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 ...
and was sworn into office on 1 October 1969. He remained a member of parliament from 1969 until parliament was suspended following the overthrow of the
Busia government on 13 January 1972.
Personal life and death
Scheck was a Christian.
He married Laura Amorin at Sekondi, St Paul Catholic Church in 1963. Together they had six children.
Scheck died in
London
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on 8 September 2001, at the age of 75.
See also
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Busia government
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References
1925 births
2001 deaths
Politicians from Western Region (Ghana)
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni
20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Ghanaian MPs 1969–1972
Progress Party (Ghana) politicians
Ghanaian expatriates in the United Kingdom
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