Daniel Francis Annan
Daniel Francis Annan Kweipe ( born November 7, 1928 in Accra, Gold Coast, † July 16, 2006 ) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He held various positions in addition to the position of Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament during the military leadership under Jerry Rawlings.
Childhood and education
Annan was born in Accra in the then British colony of the Gold Coast and received his secondary education at Accra Academy between 1939 and 1945. Annan moved to the Achimota College to attain his baccalaureate degree and remained at this school by 1946 and 1948. Annan left for his studies of law, the Gold Coast and wrote in the lawyers are a faculty of the University of Hull. Here the Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. (Hons ) ) in 1956, he was awarded. Annan was admitted to the Middle Temple in the Bar Association.
Jurist
Immediately after completing his studies of law and qualifying as a lawyer in the UK Annan went back to Ghana, which had gained independence from Britain in the year before. Here he worked 1958-1964 for the Attorney General ( Attorney General's department) in Accra, Ghana. Annan was here first assistant to a prosecutor, and later in this post itself
In 1964, Annan was appointed as a judge and began his career as a judge of the Circuit Court for the period of two years. In 1966 Annan was a judge at the High Court in Ghana, the highest trial court in the country. In 1971, the appointment was followed by a judge of the former Supreme Court of the Court of Appeals ( Court of Appeal ) (now the Supreme Court ), a position he held until the year 1979.
Politician
Daniel Annan became a member of the former Ghanaian military government, the Provisional National Defence Council ( PNDC ) in 1984 under the leadership of Jerry John Rawlings. Annan was appointed by Rawlings deputy and had during the reign of Rawlings frequently in his absence, the responsibility for the affairs of state. In 1984, Annan was appointed Chairman of the National Commission for Democratization ( National Commission for Democracy ), which had been set to start a process of democratization in the country, which should replace the military government under Rawlings. In this role, Annan has contributed significantly to the peaceful takeover of President John Agyekum Kufuor and worked on the Ghana Constitution of 1992.
After Rawlings was elected from the military dictatorship to constitutional president in 1992, Annan moved to the important position of Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, which he held until the takeover by Kufuor in 2000. As Speaker of the Parliament he had constitutionally the government line in the case of absence of the President and the Vice-President, and thus held the third highest office in Ghana.
After the takeover of power Kufuor 's Annan held various party positions of the National Democratic Congress (NDC ).
Other positions
Annan was Chairman of the Ghana Association for the Advancement of the sport of boxing (Ghana Boxing Promotion Syndicate ) between 1973 and 1976 and Chairman of the Ghanaian boxing federation (Ghana Boxing Authority ), between 1980 and 1982. Annan also served as President of the Ghanaian Olympic Committee ( Ghana National Olympic Committee) in between 1983 and 1985.
Annan was between 1974-1976 as Stool Lands Boundaries Settlement Commissioner in charge of the regulation of the boundaries between the different regional chiefs and kings ( Chief's ) and a member of the Legal Class Appointment Board from 1974 until 1976. Moreover was Annan Chairman of the Committee for Freedom of the Press and complaints (Press Freedom and Complaints Committee) and Chairman of the Commission of the Ghanaian Presseim 1980. Annan in 1984 was Chairman of the Ghana police Council (Ghana police Council) and Chairman of the National economic Commission ( national economic Commission ) in the year.
After the end of his political career, he was an advisor to the royal family of the Ga in Accra.
Honors
- Star of Ghana
Family and death
Daniel Annan died on 16 July 2006 after a long illness. He was married and had four children. His state funeral took place on 5 October 2006 at the Osu Cemetery in Accra held with the participation of several hundred leading politicians and lawyers of Ghana.