relations predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
edward akufo-addo joseph richard asiedu '' parliament suspended '' july 1978 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- kibi , ghana accra , ghana gha & nbsp ; ghanaian 4th speaker of the parliament of ghana 12 december 1912 june 10 , 1965 kofi asante ofori-atta
 february 22 , 1966 aaron eugene kofi asante ofori-atta
kofi asante ofori-atta

aaron eugene kofi asante ofori-atta -lrb- born 12 december 1912 -- july 1978 -rrb- was a politician and also the fourth speaker of the parliament of ghana .
kofi asante ofori-atta was a minister for local government in the convention people 's party -lrb- cpp -rrb- government of kwame nkrumah in the first government of ghana .
he also served as the minister for justice in the same government .
he was later appointed speaker of parliament on june 10 , 1965 in the first republic of ghana .
he remained speaker until parliament was suspended by the national liberation council , formed after the coup d'état that ended the first republic .
he died at an accra military hospital in 1978 .
