Regina Asamany
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Regina Asamany | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kpando | |
| In office 1965–1966 | |
| Preceded by | New |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Member for the Volta Region | |
| In office 1960–1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Regina Catherine Ama Asamany[1] 30 July 1927 |
| Party | Convention People's Party |
Regina Asamany (born 30 July 1927) was a Ghanaian politician who hailed from Kpando, a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. She is widely recognised as one of the women whose efforts helped Ghana attain independence.[2] She was the daughter of an ivory carver and the only woman to make it into the first rank of the Togoland Congress leadership in the 1950s.[3] She was a member of parliament representing the Volta Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Kpando from 1965 to 1966.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
