Felix Owusu-Adjapong

Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong (born 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as Majority Leader in the Parliament of Ghana and as a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru. He also held various ministerial portfolios in the Kufuor government.

Hon.

Felix Owusu-Adjapong
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Akyem Swedru
In office
7 January 1997 – 7 January 2009
Preceded byPaul Kofi Peprah
Succeeded byJoseph Ampomah Bosompem
Majority11,381
Minister for Energy
In office
2008–2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byJoseph Kofi Adda
Succeeded byJoe Oteng-Adjei
Personal details
Born1944
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

Life

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 Law School.[1]

He was first elected MP for Akyem Swedru in the 1996 parliamentary elections,[2] and re-elected in 2000 with a majority of 5,047.[3] In February 2001 he became Minister for Transport and Communications,[4] and in April 2003 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.[5] In 2004 he was re-elected as MP with a majority of 11,381.[6] In 2007 he resigned his ministerial position to make an unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination of the NPP.[7] He did not contest his parliamentary constituency at the 2008 elections, and Joseph Ampomah Bosompem won it for the NPP with a majority of 8,469.[8] In June 2008 he was appointed Minister of Energy,[9] holding the post until the end of Kufuor's government in January 2009.

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See also

References
  1. "F.K. Owusu-Adjapong". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. Electoral Commission of Ghana Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Adam Carr's Election Archives Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Kufuor swears in four more ministers, ghanaweb.com, 10 February 2001
  5. Government names new Cabinet, ghanaweb.com, 1 April 2003
  6. Electoral Commission of Ghana Archived January 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Felix Owusu-Adjapong files tomorrow, ghanaweb.com, 31 October 2007
  8. "Parliamentary Results Akyem Swedru (Eastern Region)". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. 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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