Kwasi Annoh Ankama

Kwasi Ankama was born at Abomosu in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Ghana, Legon, in 1984.[1] He then proceeded to the Ghana School of Law, Makola, graduating in 1986. He obtained a post-graduate diploma in Housing Law from the University of London in 1997.[1]

Annoh Ankama worked as a lawyer and was a Special Assistant to President John Agyekum Kufour.[1][2]

In 2008, he contested and won the Atiwa constituency election by obtaining 26,423 votes out of the 34,570 valid votes cast, representing 76.4 percent of the vote.[1] Annoh Ankama served on various parliamentary committees, including the Subsidiary Legislation Committee, Judiciary Committee, and Local Government and Rural Development Committee of Parliament.[3]

His parliamentary seat was declared vacant on 7 July 2010 by Joyce Bamford-Addo, the then Speaker of Parliament.[2] A by-election held to fill the vacant seat was won by Kwesi Amoako Atta.[4]

Annoh Ankama was married with three children. He was a Christian and a member of the Catholic Church in Ghana.[1]

In June 2010, Annoh Ankama was part of an official government delegation that traveled to the United Kingdom for political consultations.[5] He fell ill during the trip and was taken to a hospital in London, but died while receiving treatment on July 1.[2][3][6] His body was returned to Ghana for burial on August 20, and interred later that month.[5]