Felix Owusu-Adjapong

Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong (born February 13, 1944) is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of the Parliament of Ghana as a New Patriotic Party (NPP) representative for Akyem Swedru of the eastern region of Ghana.[1] He was also a former minister of for Energy and a former national chairman of the new patriotic party.[2][3]

Hon.

Felix Owusu-Adjapong

MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Akyem Swedru
In office
7 January 1997  6 January 2009
Preceded byPaul Kofi Peprah
Succeeded byJoseph Ampomah Bosompem
Minister for Energy
In office
2008–2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byJoseph Kofi Adda
Succeeded byJoe Oteng-Adjei
Personal details
Born (1944-02-13) 13 February 1944
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ghana School of Law

Early Life and education

Felix Owusu-Adjapong studied Land Economy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. He also studied Housing, Planning and Building at the Bouwcentrum Institute in Rotterdam, Urban Land Appraisal at the University of Reading in England, and law at the Ghana School of Law.[4]

Political career

Owusu-Agyapong is a member of the 2nd,3rd and 4th Parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5] He was first elected Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru in the 1996 ghanaian general elections with a total of 15,824 making 45.30% of the total valid votes cast that year.[6][7] He was re-elected in the 2000 ghanaian general elections with a majority of 14,614 making 56.80% of the votes cast.[8][9] In February 2001 he was appointed Minister for Transport and Communications,[10] and in April 2003 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.[11]

In the 2004 ghanaian general elections,he was elected again as Member of Parliament with a majority vote of 21,048 making 66.94% of the total votes polled that year.[12][13][14] In 2007 he resigned his ministerial position to make an unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination of the NPP.[15] He did not contest his parliamentary constituency at the 2008 Ghanaian General Elections, and Joseph Ampomah Bosompem won it for the NPP with a majority of 8,469.[16] In June 2008 he was appointed Minister of Energy,[17] holding the post until the end of Kufuor's government in January 2009.

See also

References

  1. "Owusu Adjapong's Christmas message". 25 December 2009.
  2. Africa, Daily Guide (5 March 2014). "Felix Owusu-Adjapong Marks 70th Birthday". News Ghana. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. "Reject 'executive team' list - Owusu-Adjapong urges NPP delegates". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. "F.K. Owusu-Adjapong". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. Online, Peace FM. "Press Release by Hon. Felix Owusu Adjapong". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Akim Swedru Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  7. Electoral Commission of Ghana Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. FM, Peace. "Parliament - Eastern Region Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. Adam Carr's Election Archives Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Kufuor swears in four more ministers, ghanaweb.com, 10 February 2001
  11. Government names new Cabinet, ghanaweb.com, 1 April 2003
  12. FM, Peace. "Parliament - Eastern Region Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  13. "Ghana Election akim-swedru Constituency Results". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  14. Electoral Commission of Ghana Archived January 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  15. Felix Owusu-Adjapong files tomorrow, ghanaweb.com, 31 October 2007
  16. "Parliamentary Results Akyem Swedru (Eastern Region)". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  17. Four "New" Ministers sworn into office, ghanaweb.com, 12 June 2008
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
Paul Kofi Peprah
Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru
1997 – 2009
Succeeded by
Joseph Ampomah Bosompem
Preceded by
?
Majority Leader
2005 – 2008
Succeeded by
Abraham Ossei Aidooh
Political offices
Preceded by
Edward Salia
Minister for Roads and Transport
Minister for Transport and Communications
2001 – 2003
Succeeded by
Richard Winfred Anane
Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport
Preceded by
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah
Minister for Communications
Succeeded by
Albert Kan Dapaah
Minister for Communications and Technology
Preceded by
?
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
2003 – 2007
Succeeded by
Abraham Ossei Aidooh
Preceded by
Joseph Kofi Adda
Minister for Energy
2008 – 2009
Succeeded by
Joe Oteng-Adjei
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