Robert Mensah Abbey | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Okaikwei | |
In office 1965–1966 | |
Preceded by | New |
Succeeded by | Carl Daniel Reindorf |
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Accra West[1] | |
In office 1956–1965 | |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Mensah Abbey Gold Coast |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | Convention People's Party |
Profession | Boxer |
Robert Mensah Abbey was a Ghanaian boxer and politician. Before politics, Abbey was a professional boxer and later clerk who worked in Accra.[2][3] Abbey was nominated by the Convention People's Party to contest for the Accra West seat in the 1956 Gold Coast legislative election in place of Thomas Hutton-Mills who had been appointed deputy commissioner of the Gold Coast.[4][3] He won the seat and served as a member of parliament for Accra West from 1956 to 1965.[5][6][7][8] In 1965 he became the member of parliament representing the Okaikwei electoral district.[9] Abbey was the father of J. L. S. Abbey the former Ghanaian public servant and ambassador.[2]
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- ↑ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1960: 9.
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(help) - 1 2 "Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1". Government Print Office. 1956: 812.
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