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Ala Adjetey was third most powerful
person for four years
Accra, July 15, GNA – Mr Peter Ala Adjetey, former Speaker
of Parliament who passed away on Tuesday morning, was the
third most powerful person in Ghana for four years between
January 7, 2001 and January 7, 2005.
As the first officer of the House, he acted on one occasion
as President of the Republic when President John Agyekum
Kufuor and Alhaji Aliu Mahama were out of the country.
The Office of Speaker was first created in Ghana, then the
Gold Coast, in 1949 when the Governor ceased to be
ex-officio President of the Legislative Council.
The Speaker ranks third in the official order of precedence
after the President and Vice-President.
The following have held the Office of Speakers of
Parliament.
First Republic:
Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist, Kt., OBE- Mar 1951- Dec 1957
Justice Augustus Molade Akiwumi - Feb 1958 - June 1960
Joseph Richard Asiedu - July 1960 - June 1965
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta - June 10, 1965 - Feb 22, 1966
Second Republic
Justice Nii Amaa Ollenu - Oct 1969 - Dec 1971
Third Republic
Justice Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph - Sept 24, 1979
- Dec. 1981
Fourth Republic
Justice Daniel Francis Annan - Jan 7, 1993 - 1996
Justice Daniel Francis Annan - re-elected in 1997 for
another four years
Peter Ala Adjetey - 2001-2005
Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi Hughes - 2005-
GNA
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