Daniel Asafo-Agyei
Ghanaian politician
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Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei was a Ghanaian politician and merchant.[1]
Daniel Asafo-Agyei | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Fisheries | |
| In office 1965–1966 | |
| President | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Manhyia | |
| In office 1965–1966 | |
| Preceded by | New |
| Succeeded by | Kwame Safo-Adu |
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kumasi North | |
| In office 1959–1965 | |
| Preceded by | Cobina Kessie |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei 1890 |
| Died | 1980 (aged 89–90) |
| Party | Convention People's Party |
| Occupation | Merchant |
Biography
He replaced Cobina Kessie as the member of parliament for the Kumasi North constituency in 1959 when the latter took up a diplomatic appointment as Ghana's ambassador to Liberia.[2][3][4] Asafo-Agyei represented Kumasi North from 1959 until 1965 when he became the member of parliament for the Manhyia constituency.[5][6]
While in parliament, he was appointed deputy minister for Agriculture and in 1965 he was appointed minister for Fisheries (a new ministry that had been created at the time).[7][8][9] He served in this capacity until February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.
