19 Facts About Edward Adjaho

Edward Adjaho is the fifth Speaker elected in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the first Speaker to have been elected from amongst members of Ghana's parliament in the Fourth Republic.

Edward Adjaho was one of the few politicians who retained their seats in parliament throughout the Fourth Republic of Ghana serving for 20 years from 1993 to 2013.

Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho was born on 3 January 1957.

Edward Adjaho studied at the Accra Academy for his secondary school education and continued his education at the University of Ghana, where he obtained the Bachelor of Law degree, LL.

Edward Adjaho enrolled at the Ghana School of Law, where he trained to become a barrister-at-law and was called to the bar in 1986.

Edward Adjaho worked at the Attorney-General's department before turning to politics.

Edward Adjaho was a Member of Parliament from January 1993 to January 2013.

Edward Adjaho was a member of parliament of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th parliament of the Republic of Ghana.

Edward Adjaho was the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 2009 to 2013.

Edward Adjaho was elected to the position of Speaker of Parliament in the morning of 7 January 2013, succeeding Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo.

Edward Adjaho is the first speaker to have been elected from among members of Ghana's parliament.

Edward Adjaho thus became the fifth Speaker of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

Edward Adjaho was sworn in by Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode at the first sitting of the new Parliament.

Edward Adjaho was the Speaker of Parliament until his tenure ended on 6 January 2017 after the 6th Parliament was dissolved.

Edward Adjaho was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election held on 29 December 1992.

Edward Adjaho was elected as the member of parliament for the Avenor constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.

Edward Adjaho's constituency was a part of the 17 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Volta Region.

Edward Adjaho was elected with 23,981 votes out of 31,431 total valid votes cast.

Edward Adjaho was elected over Abledu A Kofi of the United Ghana Movement, Vincent K Norgbedzi of the Convention People's Party and Nicholas C Megbele of the New Patriotic Party.