Joseph Richard Asiedu

The Right Honourable
Joseph Richard Asiedu
3rd Speaker of the
Parliament of Ghana
In office
July 1960 Deputy Speaker 1957. Speaker 1961 – June 1965
Preceded byAugustus Molade Akiwumi
Succeeded byKofi Asante Ofori-Atta
ConstituencyMP Akuapem North 1956
Personal details
Born3 January 1903
Larteh Akuapem
Died14 November 1977
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra
Political partyCPP NO Party Posts, Member of Legislative Council
ResidenceANSVILLE LARTEH
OccupationRegional Manager U.A.C.Ltd. Timber Contractor
Helped with the establishment of Tetteh Quarshie Hospital at Akuapem Mampong to the memory of Tetteh Quarshie the man who first introduced Cocoa to Ghana

Justice Joseph Richard Asiedu (died before 1994)[1] was a judge and also a Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was appointed Speaker of Parliament in July 1960 in the First Republic of Ghana.[2] He was the speaker until June 1965.


References

  1. ^ Adjei, Mike (15 February 1994). Death and Pain, Rawlings' Ghana: The Inside Story. Black Line. p. 29. ISBN 185421036X.
  2. ^ a b "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-18.


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