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Joseph Kofi Adda
Financial Economist, Former Minister • Politician
About Joseph Kofi Adda
Joseph Kofi Adda was a financial economist who represented Navrongo Central in the Upper East Region for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) across three spells, from 2003 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2021, and served in the cabinets of Presidents Kufuor and Akufo-Addo. He was born in Navrongo on 22 April 1956.
Finance career
He went to St John's School in Sekondi, studied politics and economics at Indiana Wesleyan University and took a master's in international affairs at Columbia University. He worked in finance in New York and New Jersey, then at Deloitte and Touche in Accra, and from 1994 ran Omni Consulting International. He also worked at the Ministry of Finance in the late 1990s.
Parliament and government
He entered Parliament through a 2003 by-election after the death of John Achuliwor, held Navrongo Central in 2004 and 2008, and lost it in 2012 to Mark Woyongo of the NDC before winning it back in 2016. President Kufuor made him Minister for Manpower Development and Employment in 2005 and Minister for Energy in 2006. Under President Akufo-Addo he was Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources and then Minister for Aviation until January 2021. He died at Legon Hospital on 14 October 2021. He was a Catholic, married with two children.
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Joseph Kofi Adda is 70 years old, born April 22, 1956.
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Joseph Kofi Adda is a Financial Economist, Former Minister.
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Joseph Kofi Adda is Ghanaian.
Personal Information
- Full Name
- Joseph Kofi Kowe Adda
- Date of Birth
- 22 April 1956
- Date of Death
- 14 October 2021
- Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Constituency
- Navrongo Central
- Political Party
- New Patriotic Party
- Region
- Upper East
- Religion
- Christian
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Sources & References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kofi_Adda
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_Ghanaian_general_election
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