Imoru Egala

Alhaji Imoru Egala (5 December 1916 – 2 April 1981[1]) was a Ghanaian politician and educationist. He held various positions in government in the Gold Coast and after independence of Ghana. He was the foreign minister of Ghana in the First Republic between 1960 and 1961.[2]

Imoru Egala
Minister for Industries
In office
1965 – 24 February 1966
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Succeeded byCoup d'état
Minister for Information
In office
1962–1965
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byTawia Adamafio
Succeeded byNathaniel Azarco Welbeck
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1960–1961
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byEbenezer Ako-Adjei
Succeeded byEbenezer Ako-Adjei
Minister for Health
In office
1954 – ??
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
Prime MinisterKwame Nkrumah
GovernorCharles Arden-Clarke
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Tumu
In office
1954–1966
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
Governor GeneralNoble Arden-Clarke
Prime MinisterKwame Nkrumah
Succeeded bycoup d'état
Parliamentary groupCPP
Personal details
Born(1916-12-05)5 December 1916
Tamale, Ghana
Died2 April 1981(1981-04-02) (aged 64)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyPeople's National Party
Other political
affiliations		Convention People's Party
Spouse(s)Memuna Egala
ProfessionEducationist, Teacher
Founder of the People's National Party

Work and politics

Minister of state (Nkrumah Government)
First cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah in 1957 Standing (L to R): J. H. Allassani, N.A. Welbeck, Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, J.E. Jantuah, Imoru Egala Sitting (L to R): A. Casely-Hayford, Kojo Botsio, Kwame Nkrumah, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, E.O. Asafu-Adjaye;

He was a member of the Convention People's Party. He held various cabinet posts under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party government, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Information. He also held the position of Minister of Health and Minister of Industries at a point in time in the Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party government.

Along with serving as minister is different roles at different period in Kwame Nkrumah's administration he also served a member of parliament for the Tumu Constituency.[3][4][5]

After the coup etat by General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in 1966, Egala who was a well known associate of Kwame Nkrumah and a key member of his Nkrumah regime, was jailed by the military.[6]


People's National Party

Egala was also a founder of the People's National Party a political party which claimed to represent and continue the Nkrumah Heritage. The People's National Party which won the 1979 presidential and parliamentary elections. He sponsored the candidacy of Dr. Hilla Limann,[7] who became the president of the Third Republic of Ghana,[8] because he was then serving a 12-year ban from public office in Ghana.[9][10]

In January 1980, Egala began a court process against the electoral commissioner seeking redress of the court to restore his eligibility for public office back,.[11]

Personal life

Imoru Egala was married to Hajia Memuna Egala. His daughter, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama, is the wife of the former Vice President of Ghana (2001–09), Alhaji Aliu Mahama.[12]He is the grand father of member of parliament elect for Yendi Constituency Farouk Aliu Mahama. He was the uncle of President Dr. Hilla Limann who he sponsored as candidate into the 1979 elections.[13][14]

Death

Egala died on 2 April 1981 in New York City, United States after a heart attack.[8]

References
  1. "Ghana Mourns Egala". Daily Graphic. Ghana Publication Group Ltd. 3 November 2019.
  2. B. Schemmel. "Foreign ministers E-K:Ghana". Rulers.org. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
  3. "Limann tried stabilising economy after chaotic revolution : Addae-Mensah". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  4. "myghanalinks - 1954 Campaigns And Election Results In Ghana (Gold Coast) - Part II". www.myghanalinks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. "Book Review: A Short History of the Third Republic". www.ghanaweb.com. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  6. "Alhaji Imoru Egala, a founding father of Ghana's ruling..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. Buser, Hans (2011). In Ghana at Independence: Stories of a Swiss Salesman. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. ISBN 978-3-905758-19-1.
  8. "IMORU EGALA, GHANAIAN POLITICIAN AND FOUNDER OF GOVERNING PARTY". The New York Times. 2 April 1981. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
  9. Tsikata, Yvonne M. (May 1999). "Aid and Reform in Ghana" (PDF). Aid and Reform in Africa:Country case study papers. World Bank. p. 12. Retrieved 11 April 2007. The initial choice, Mr. Imoru Egala, who founded the PNP, was under a twelve-year ban from public office dating back to 1969. He was appealing this ban at the time of the election and was hence ineligible to run for president.
  10. "The fall of the 3rd Republic". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  11. "Alhaji Imoru Egala, a founding father of Ghana's ruling..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  12. "The Second Lady". Official website of the Office of the President of Ghana. Ghana government. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
  13. Lambert, Youry; Petchenkine, Youry (1993). Ghana: In Search of Stability, 1957-1992. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-94326-4.
  14. Africa Special Report: Bulletin of the Institute of African American Relations. The Institute. 1982.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei		 Foreign Minister
1960 – 1961		 Succeeded by
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei
Preceded by
Tawia Adamafio		 Minister for Information
1962 – 1965		 Succeeded by
Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck
Preceded by
?		 Minister for Industries
1965		 Succeeded by
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