Comfort Asamoah

Comfort Asamoah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Asante Mampong
In office
1965–1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byConstituency split
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Member for the Ashanti Region
In office
1960–1965
Personal details
Born
Comfort Asamoah

10 November 1934 (1934-11-10)
Gold Coast
Died18 October 2004 (2004-10-19) (aged 69)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party
Children4 including John K. Tettegah
ResidenceDansoman

Comfort Asamoah was a Ghanaian politician. She was a member of parliament representing the Ashanti Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Asante Mampong from 1965 to 1966.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Asamoah was among the first women to enter the parliament of Ghana in 1960 under the representation of the people (women members) act. She was among the 10 women who were elected unopposed on 27 June 1960 on the ticket Convention People's Party.[12][13]

Prior to entering parliament, she served with the Workers Brigade from 1957 to 1960.[14]

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References

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: 626 and iii. 1960.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly. 1961.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: xiv. 1962.
  4. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: iii. 1963.
  5. ^ "Ghana Year Book 1961". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 13. 1961.
  6. ^ "New Ghana, Volumes 8–9". New Ghana. Information Services Department Accra: 247. 1964.
  7. ^ "Ghana Foreign Affairs, Volume 1, Issue 2". Ghana Foreign Affairs. 1961. p. 35.
  8. ^ Arhin, Kwame (1991). The life and work of Kwame Nkrumah: papers of a symposium organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. Sedco. p. 132. ISBN 9964721072.
  9. ^ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly. 1965.
  10. ^ "Ghana Year Book". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 22. 1966.
  11. ^ "West Africa Annual, Issue 8". West Africa Annual. James Clarke: 80. 1965.
  12. ^ "Ghana Today, Volumes 3–4". Information Section, Ghana Office. 1959. p. 10.
  13. ^ "Ghana Gazette". National government publication. 1960. p. 19.
  14. ^ White paper on the Report of the Second report of the Jiagge Commission of Enquiry into the Assets of Specified Persons (Report). Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1969. p. 4.