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Hon.
Obed Asamoah
Official portrait, 2008
15th Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice
In office May 1997 – 6 January 2001
President
Jerry John Rawlings
Preceded by
Himself
Succeeded by
Nana Akufo-Addo
In office Acting: November 1993 – May 1997
President
Jerry John Rawlings
Preceded by
Anthony Forson
Succeeded by
Himself
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 1982–1997
President
Jerry John Rawlings
Preceded by
Isaac K. Chinebuah
Succeeded by
Kwamena Ahwoi
Member of Ghana Parliament for Biakoye Constituency
In office October 1969 – January 1972
Personal details
Born
Obed Yao Asamoah
(1936-02-06) 6 February 1936 (age 88) Likpe, Volta Region, Gold Coast
Nationality
Ghanaian
Political party
National Democratic Congress
Other political affiliations
United National Convention (UNC)
All Peoples Party (APP)
Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)
Spouse
Yvonne Asamoah
Children
3
Education
Achimota School
Woolwich Polytechnic School
Alma mater
King's College London
Columbia University
Profession
Lawyer
Website
Official website
Obed Yao Asamoah (born 6 February 1936)[1][2] is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician.[3][4] Asamoah was the longest serving foreign minister and Attorney General of Ghana under Jerry Rawlings from 1981 to 1997.[5][6] Asamoah was educated at King's College London and at Columbia University.[7]
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he had an argument with Rawlings over failing to choose ObedAsamoah as a running mate. Asamoah was rumored to have taken money from the National Democratic...
Bilson and Dr. ObedAsamoah to found the Third Force Party for the 1969 elections. The party could not begin operations as Dr. ObedAsamoah joined Komla...
faction and an Asamoah faction within the NDC. The founding members include former leading members of the NDC such as Dr. ObedAsamoah, immediate past...
October 1993. While it remains unclear why he resigned, his successor ObedAsamoah has suggested he resigned over public criticism of his performance. Others...
programme at that time. His lecturers included Professor Ofosu Amaah and Dr. ObedAsamoah, a former foreign minister and Attorney General of Ghana. He then won...
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School for his secondary education. One of his student colleagues was ObedAsamoah who later became the longest serving Minister for Foreign Affairs in...
truncated oil supplies to Ghana in protest of the 4 June revolution. ObedAsamoah From 1982 to 1987, he managed the Judicial, and Quasal arms of the 4...
February 2015. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0218-8. ISBN 978-1-4648-0218-8. ObedAsamoah, "Nkrumah's Foreign Policy, 1951–1966", in Arhin (1992), The Life and...
Leader of the Alliance, Alhaji Iddrisu Mahama, the general secretary, Dr ObedAsamoah and Kufuor, to accept an invitation from the Provisional National Defence...
Nkensen Arkaah 7 January 1993 6 January 1997 Minister for Foreign Affairs ObedAsamoah 1982 1997 Minister for the Interior Colonel Emmanuel Osei-Wusu Aug 1992...
2010-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Asamoah, Obed Y. (2014). The political history of Ghana (1950-2013) : the experience...
a personal assistant to the honourable minister for foreign affairs; ObedAsamoah. Between 1994 and 1998 he was Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires...
Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 April 2020. ObedAsamoah (20 October 2014). The Political History of Ghana (1950-2013): The Experience...
(NDC), but he lost to former Attorney–General and Minister of Justice, ObedAsamoah by just 2 votes getting 332 against his 334. Iddrisu served as the Vice...
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