Peter Ala Adjetey

Rt Hon Peter Ala Adjetey ( born August 11, 1931 Accra, Ghana; † July 15, 2008 ) was a Ghanaian lawyer, university professor and politician. Since January 7, 2001, he was the second speaker of the current Parliament of the Republic of Ghana. His term ended on January 6, 2005.

Training

Adjetey attended St. Paul's School in La near Accra and later the Accra Bishop Boys' School and Accra Academy. In 1954 he finished at University College of the Gold Coast his studies with the London University Intermediate Bachelor of Arts. Adjetey moved to the University of Nottingham in the UK and graduated with a Bachelor of Law in 1958.

Career

Back in 1959 he was admitted to the Bar of the Middle Temple in London, and after his return to Ghana in the same year in the Bar Association in Ghana.

Adjetey worked as a prosecutor zwischen 1959 and 1962. In 1962 he moved from the prosecutor's office in the practice of law, in which he remained until January 7, 2001. Peter Ala Adjetey held various political, legal and teaching positions in addition to his career as a lawyer.

Between 1960 and 1962 he worked part-time as a lecturer at the Institute of Adult Education. Between 1964 and 1968 he also had a part-time job as a lecturer at the Ghana School of Law. From 1979 to 1981 he was a Member of Parliament. He was at that time Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs. In 1985 to 1989 he was national president of the Bar Association of Ghana and since 2000, he was President of the African bar associations. Between 1995 and 1998 he was National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP ).

Positions and memberships

In addition to his significant career steps Adjetey held various positions and was a member of Ghana's major organizations:

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