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 by	Paul Kofi Peprah
Succeeded by	Joseph Ampomah Bosompem
Minister for Energy
In office 2008–2009
President	John Kufuor
Preceded by	Joseph Kofi Adda
Succeeded by	Joe Oteng-Adjei
Personal details
Born	13 February 1944
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Alma mater	Kwame 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

• New Patriotic Party
• Kufuor government

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