Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ghanaian author and politician
Is Politician 
From Ghana 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 6 March 1925, Saltpond, Ghana
Age: 95 years
Star sign Pisces
Politics Convention People’s Party
Education
Accra Academy

Edward Benjamin Kwesi Ampah Jnr also known by the name Eddie Ampah was a Ghanaian author and politician. He was the member of parliament for the Asebu constituency from 1965 to 1966.

Early life and education

Ampah was born on 6 March 1925 at Saltpond in the Central Region. He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy from 1941 to 1945.

Politics

Ampah was elected chairman of the Cape Coast Municipal Council in 1954. He remained in this position until 1958. In 1956 he was one of the candidates nominated by the Convention People’s Party to represent the Cape Coast electoral area for the 1956 Legislative Assembly elections however, Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck was ultimately selected to contest for the seat. On 1 July 1959 he was appointed district commissioner for Cape Coast and the regional secretary of the Convention People’s Party in the Central Region. In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the Asebu constituency. He served in this capacity until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.

Death

He died in the late 1960s.

Publications

  • The tears of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: the Rise of the Convention People’s party (1951)
  • The Gold Coast Tomorrow (1955)
  • Osagyefo in the Central Region (1960)
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