By Edzorna Francis Mensah
The Former Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Edward Korbla Doe Adjaho now elected chairman of the Council of State as his former colleague in Parliament nowPresident John Dramani Mahama has officially administered to him an oath of office of the Council of State on Tuesday, February, 18th, 2025 at the presidency.
Edward Korbla Doe Adjaho, former MP for Akatsi South in The Volta Region comes with vast experience when it comes to leadership, Law/peace building, Community development and creation of opportunities for the youth in politics and development.
As one of the political Elders in his home Region, he 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. He was also a member of the Pan-AfricanParliament during his days in Parliament as a sitting MP.
Usually referred to him as Torgbui out of respect Mr. Adjaho is a lawyer by profession, worked at the Attorney-General’s Department before, venturing into partisan politics and became Member of Parliament for the Avenor-Ave constituency in theParliament of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the1992 Parliamentary election and retained his seat in all four subsequent elections.
He was a member of Parliament of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Parliament of theRepublic of Ghana. He was the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 2009 to2013.Heis the fifth Speaker elected in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the firstSpeaker to have been elected from amongst members of Ghana’s Parliament in theFourth Republic.
Following his elevation to the position of Speaker, here signed his position. Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho was born on 3rd January 1957. He studied at the Accra Academy for his secondary school education and continued his education at theUniversity of Ghana, where he obtained the Bachelor of Law degree, LL.B. in1984.
He then enrolled at the Ghana School of Law, where he trained to become a barrister-at-law and was called to the bar in 1986. He was elected to the position of Speaker of Parliament in the morning of 7th January 2013, succeeding Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo. He thus became the fifth Speaker of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
By virtue of Article 97 of the 1992 Constitution, Adjaho vacated his seat upon assumption of the office of Speaker of Parliament. He was sworn in by ChiefJustice Georgina Theodora Woode at the first sitting of the new Parliament. He was the Speaker of Parliament until his tenure ended on 6 January 2017 after the 6th Parliament was dissolved. Adjaho is a Christian. He is married and has five children
