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Godfreid Kportufe Agama

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Godfreid Kportufe Agama


Date of Birth:
1936-04-28
Place of Birth:
Volta Region, Ghana

Godfreid Kportufe Agama is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing the South Tongu Constituency under the membership of the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL).

Education and early life

He was born 28 April 1936 in the Volta Region of Ghana. He attended McGill University, Canada where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He also obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from The University of Toronto, Canada.

Politic

He began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL) to represent the South Tongu constituency prior to the commencement of the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election.

He assumed office as a member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana on 1 October 1969 after being pronounced winner at the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election and was later suspended following the overthrow of the Busia government on 13 January 1972.