Английская Википедия:Emmanuel Kobla Bensah
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Emmanuel Kobla Bensah was a Ghanaian nurse pharmacist and politician during the first republic. He served as a nurse pharmacist in various hospitals in the Gold Coast prior to politics. As a politician he served on various ministerial portfolios in the Nkrumah government until the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah.
Early life and education
Bensah was born on 26 March 1912 at Woe, a town in the Volta Region. He had his early education at Bremen Mission Schools at Anloga and Keta where he received his standard 7 certificate in 1928. In 1930 he sat for the Common Gold Coast Entrance Examination for training as a nurse pharmacist and passed.[1][2]
Career and politics
Upon passing his examination he was employed at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. There, he began training as a nurse in 1931 and qualified as one in 1934. He later trained as a nurse pharmacist qualifying in 1937. During the period he worked as a civil servant, he served in hospitals in several parts of the Ghana (then Gold Coast) including Sefwi-Wiawso, Kumasi, Accra and Dunkwa-on-Offin. Prior to his resignation from civil service to venture private business in 1948, he was stationed at Agona Swedru.[1]
In 1951, Bensah was elected into the legislative assembly as a member for the Agona Swedru Constituency.[3] He was appointed Ministerial Secretary to the Ministry of Communications and Trade in 1953. In 1956, he was re-elected as a member of the legislative assembly and that same year he was posted to the Ministry of Finance still as a Ministerial Secretary until May, 1957.[4] In June, 1957 he was promoted to minister status, he was appointed Minister of Works, a portfolio that became Minister of Works and Housing later that year.[5][6] In 1961 he was appointed Minister for Construction and Communications[7] this post later evolved into Minister of Communications and Works.[8][1][2]
Personal life
Bensah was married to Madam Dina Ayeh from 1937 to 1942. He later married Madam Annie Hughes.[1]
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1912 births
- Ghanaian MPs 1951–1954
- Ghanaian MPs 1954–1956
- Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965
- Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966
- Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians
- 20th-century Ghanaian politicians
- Year of death missing
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