422:(PFP) and later a member of the steering committee of the party. However, he and other former Progress Party leaders were barred from public office in the Third Republic due to adverse findings against them by a committee after the fall of the Second Republic. Their collective petition to have their ban overturned through a court hearing failed.
310:(8 August 1934 – 3 August 2022) was a Ghanaian politician who served as Ghana's Minister for Transport and Communications from 1969 to 1971. He was approved as a cabinet minister at an age of thirty-five making him the youngest cabinet member of the Second Republic. In the Fourth Republic, he became a founding member of the
437:
Esseku was secretary to the national disciplinary committee of the NPP from 1995 to 1998. He was a member of the national council of the NPP from 1995. He was vice chairman of the
Central Regional branch of the party from 1996 to 2001, the party's representative to the Inter-Party Committee (IPAC)
361:
scholarship. While at university, he was a pioneering student resident of Third Hall (renamed
Commonwealth) and became the first student to be elected as president of the Commonwealth Hall Junior Common Room (JCR) at the end of his first year. In his final year, he was president of the Students'
394:
In 1968, he was elected by the Awutus, Effutus, Gomoas and Agonas to represent them in the constituent assembly as the representative of the
Winneba Administrative District for the drafting of the constitution of the second republic.
402:
in 1969 and became one of its leading members. In the parliamentary elections that took place on 29 August that year, Harona Esseku was elected as a member of parliament for Awutu-Effutu-Senya
Constituency.
390:
Esseku was secretary to the Senya Beraku
Development Association from 1965 to 1968, and Secretary to the Council of Youth Associations covering the three traditional areas of Winneba, Awutu and Senya.
370:
In 1962, he was employed by
Pioneer Tobacco Company (British American Tobacco Ghana) as an executive trainee. He worked in the marketing department as a sales promotion manager for the
335:
271:
1040:
1055:
1060:
503:
1030:
1035:
410:, with responsibility for the Ministry of Transport and Communications. He lost his ministerial position in a cabinet reschuffle in April 1971.
377:
Esseku also started his own business, which has operated in transport, distribution and commerce. He also has interests in fishing and farming.
374:
and the then
Northern Region. He took several foreign trips on sponsored trainings and was the advertising manager of Pioneer Tobacco by 1967.
1045:
1050:
448:
with 348 votes as against 61 votes and 22 votes obtained by Samuel Duah Addai and
Mohammed Musah respectively. He took over as chair from
1065:
942:
493:
786:
739:
508:
916:
802:
542:
963:
362:
Representative
Council (SRC) and also president of the International Association of Students in Science and Economics (AIESEC).
465:
861:
434:(NPP) as one of 110 persons who appended their signature to the first party documents filed to the electoral commission.
593:
641:
776:
477:
843:
820:
452:
and was aged 67 at this takeover. He was chair of the New
Patriotic Party until December 2005. He was replaced by
350:
after Kumasi and in 1958 he worked as a higher executive officer in the office of the Government Statistician.
703:
879:
441:
Esseku was deputy chairman of the national campaign committee of the party for the 2000 general elections.
528:
756:
399:
327:
1025:
1020:
729:
677:
481:
445:
431:
419:
354:
311:
294:
284:
229:
330:. He had his primary education at Senya Beraku Oma School from 1941 to 1949 and went on to the
782:
735:
449:
128:
56:
498:
407:
453:
68:
1014:
347:
331:
267:
140:
323:
199:
616:
567:
989:
406:
At thirty-five years, Harona Esseku became the youngest cabinet minister in the
371:
152:
464:
Esseku was married to Janet Esseku, a Ghanaian broadcaster who worked with the
334:, where he obtained his Cambridge school certificate in 1953. He attended the
279:
897:
343:
339:
357:
and read an undergraduate degree course in economics obtained in 1962 on
418:
At the onset of the third republic, he became a founding member of the
358:
91:
Vice Chairman of the Central Region branch of New Patriotic Party
398:
Though an early enthusiast of the Third Force, he joined the
75:
Chairman of the Central Region branch of New Patriotic Party
322:
Harona Esseku was born on August 14, 1934, in Krobonshie,
314:
and was National Chairman of the party from 2001 to 2005.
990:"President nominates personalities for National Awards"
594:"NPP Considers 'Dismissing' Suspended Chairman Afoko"
476:
Harona Esseku was a beneficiary of the member of the
438:and the chairman of the NPP electoral commission.
898:"Esseku takes over from Odoi-Sykes as NPP chairman"
617:"Ghana: NPP's 2yrs Better Than NDC's 8yrs – Esseku"
290:
278:
263:
238:
225:
217:
205:
185:
180:
158:
146:
134:
122:
106:
90:
74:
62:
50:
34:
23:
682:. Editorial and Publishing Services. p. 102.
917:"Haruna Esseku to contest for NPP Chairmanship"
697:
695:
693:
691:
689:
543:"Haruna Esseku to contest for NPP Chairmanship"
529:"Haruna Esseku Says Sir John Is NPP’s Problem"
480:award, conferred on him by the then president
468:. He died on 3 August 2022, at the age of 87.
8:
414:Third Republic political career (1979 -1981)
386:Second Republic political career (1968-1972)
778:Politicians and Soldiers in Ghana 1966-1972
504:Awutu-Senya (Ghana parliament constituency)
775:Dennis Austin, Robin Luckham, ed. (1976),
20:
770:
768:
671:
669:
667:
665:
663:
430:In 1992, he was a founding member of the
107:Minister for Transport and Communications
842:Elvis D. Aryeh, ed. (11 December 1997).
734:. Ghana Universities Press. p. 44.
426:Fourth Republic political career (1992-)
1041:Politicians from Central Region (Ghana)
915:Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (3 October 2005).
541:Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (3 October 2005).
520:
444:In August 2001, he became chair of the
844:"Essuman sparks of controversy in NPP"
592:Bellentine, Abby (25 November 2015).
7:
1056:20th-century Ghanaian businesspeople
964:"NPP's Harona Esseku dies at age 88"
862:"Harona Esseku - Still Going Strong"
801:Eddie Agyeman, ed. (17 July 1969).
781:, Frank Cass and Co., p. 158,
702:Safo, Margaret (17 December 2005).
494:Minister for Communications (Ghana)
161:for Awutu-Effutu-Senya Constituency
35:Chairman of the New Patriotic Party
1061:Progress Party (Ghana) politicians
14:
1031:20th-century Ghanaian politicians
943:"ASWIM first president passes on"
509:Gomoa-Awutu-Effutu-Senya District
880:"Harona Esseku New NPP Chairman"
731:Stages of Life: An Autobiography
679:The Birth of the Second Republic
531:, Ghana News, 10 September 2013.
1036:New Patriotic Party politicians
755:Henry Ofori, ed. (6 May 1969),
16:Ghanaian politician (1934–2022)
466:Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
1:
338:from 1954 to 1955. He taught
336:Kumasi College of Technology
272:Kumasi College of Technology
1046:Alumni of the Accra Academy
821:"Afrifa and Others Cleared"
648:. Ghana Web. 6 October 2005
642:"Esseku opens fire on Ntim"
1082:
1066:University of Ghana alumni
478:Order of the Star of Ghana
301:
176:
165:
111:
95:
79:
39:
30:
568:"Ghana: Go Wey You NDC!"
353:In 1959, he entered the
460:Personal life and death
456:as chair of the party.
1051:Ghanaian MPs 1969–1972
868:: 17. 26 October 2005.
704:"Who takes the chair?"
676:Moses Danquah (1969).
728:G.K. Nukunya (2007).
253:Popular Front Party
159:Member of Parliament
803:"Political Roundup"
482:John Agyekum Kufuor
446:New Patriotic Party
432:New Patriotic Party
420:Popular Front Party
355:University of Ghana
346:at his alma mater,
312:New Patriotic Party
295:New Patriotic Party
285:University of Ghana
230:New Patriotic Party
904:. 26 August 2001.
886:. 26 August 2001.
866:The Daily Graphic
450:Samuel Odoi-Sykes
305:
304:
129:Kofi Abrefa Busia
57:Samuel Odoi-Sykes
1073:
1005:
1004:
1002:
1000:
986:
980:
979:
977:
975:
960:
954:
953:
951:
949:
938:
932:
931:
929:
927:
912:
906:
905:
894:
888:
887:
876:
870:
869:
858:
852:
851:
839:
833:
832:
817:
811:
810:
798:
792:
791:
772:
763:
762:
752:
746:
745:
725:
719:
718:
716:
714:
699:
684:
683:
673:
658:
657:
655:
653:
646:www.ghanaweb.com
638:
632:
631:
629:
627:
612:
606:
605:
603:
601:
589:
583:
582:
580:
578:
564:
558:
557:
555:
553:
538:
532:
525:
499:Busia government
408:Busia government
381:Political career
256:
250:
234:
212:
195:
193:
181:Personal details
170:
149:
137:
125:
116:
100:
84:
65:
53:
44:
21:
1081:
1080:
1076:
1075:
1074:
1072:
1071:
1070:
1011:
1010:
1009:
1008:
998:
996:
988:
987:
983:
973:
971:
970:. 5 August 2022
962:
961:
957:
947:
945:
940:
939:
935:
925:
923:
914:
913:
909:
902:ghanareview.com
896:
895:
891:
884:modernghana.com
878:
877:
873:
860:
859:
855:
841:
840:
836:
819:
818:
814:
800:
799:
795:
789:
774:
773:
766:
754:
753:
749:
742:
727:
726:
722:
712:
710:
701:
700:
687:
675:
674:
661:
651:
649:
640:
639:
635:
625:
623:
614:
613:
609:
599:
597:
591:
590:
586:
576:
574:
566:
565:
561:
551:
549:
540:
539:
535:
526:
522:
517:
490:
474:
462:
428:
416:
388:
383:
368:
320:
297:Founding member
274:
270:
259:
254:
248:
247:Progress Party
240:
239:Other political
232:
226:Political party
210:
197:
191:
189:
171:
166:
160:
147:
141:J. Matthew Poku
135:
123:
117:
112:
101:
96:
85:
80:
63:
51:
45:
40:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1079:
1077:
1069:
1068:
1063:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1028:
1023:
1013:
1012:
1007:
1006:
981:
955:
933:
907:
889:
871:
853:
834:
812:
793:
787:
764:
747:
740:
720:
685:
659:
633:
615:Essel, Isaac.
607:
584:
559:
533:
519:
518:
516:
513:
512:
511:
506:
501:
496:
489:
486:
473:
470:
461:
458:
454:Peter Mac Manu
427:
424:
415:
412:
400:Progress Party
387:
384:
382:
379:
367:
364:
328:Central Region
319:
316:
303:
302:
299:
298:
292:
288:
287:
282:
276:
275:
265:
261:
260:
258:
257:
251:
244:
242:
236:
235:
227:
223:
222:
219:
215:
214:
213:(aged 87)
207:
203:
202:
187:
183:
182:
178:
177:
174:
173:
163:
162:
156:
155:
150:
144:
143:
138:
132:
131:
126:
124:Prime Minister
120:
119:
109:
108:
104:
103:
93:
92:
88:
87:
77:
76:
72:
71:
69:Peter Mac Manu
66:
60:
59:
54:
48:
47:
37:
36:
32:
31:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1078:
1067:
1064:
1062:
1059:
1057:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1022:
1019:
1018:
1016:
995:
991:
985:
982:
969:
965:
959:
956:
944:
937:
934:
922:
921:Daily Graphic
918:
911:
908:
903:
899:
893:
890:
885:
881:
875:
872:
867:
863:
857:
854:
849:
848:Daily Graphic
845:
838:
835:
830:
826:
822:
816:
813:
808:
807:Daily Graphic
804:
797:
794:
790:
788:9781317792239
784:
780:
779:
771:
769:
765:
760:
759:
758:Daily Graphic
751:
748:
743:
741:9789964303563
737:
733:
732:
724:
721:
709:
705:
698:
696:
694:
692:
690:
686:
681:
680:
672:
670:
668:
666:
664:
660:
647:
643:
637:
634:
622:
618:
611:
608:
596:. GH News Now
595:
588:
585:
573:
569:
563:
560:
548:
547:Daily Graphic
544:
537:
534:
530:
524:
521:
514:
510:
507:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
492:
491:
487:
485:
483:
479:
471:
469:
467:
459:
457:
455:
451:
447:
442:
439:
435:
433:
425:
423:
421:
413:
411:
409:
404:
401:
396:
392:
385:
380:
378:
375:
373:
365:
363:
360:
356:
351:
349:
348:Accra Academy
345:
341:
337:
333:
332:Accra Academy
329:
325:
317:
315:
313:
309:
308:Harona Esseku
300:
296:
293:
289:
286:
283:
281:
277:
273:
269:
268:Accra Academy
266:
262:
252:
249:(1969 - 1972)
246:
245:
243:
237:
233:(1992 - 2022)
231:
228:
224:
220:
216:
209:3 August 2022
208:
204:
201:
196:8 August 1934
188:
184:
179:
175:
169:
164:
157:
154:
151:
145:
142:
139:
133:
130:
127:
121:
115:
110:
105:
99:
94:
89:
83:
78:
73:
70:
67:
61:
58:
55:
49:
43:
38:
33:
29:
25:Harona Esseku
22:
19:
999:26 September
997:. Retrieved
993:
984:
972:. Retrieved
967:
958:
948:26 September
946:. Retrieved
936:
924:. Retrieved
920:
910:
901:
892:
883:
874:
865:
856:
850:(14621): 11.
847:
837:
828:
824:
815:
806:
796:
777:
757:
750:
730:
723:
711:. Retrieved
707:
678:
650:. Retrieved
645:
636:
624:. Retrieved
620:
610:
598:. Retrieved
587:
575:. Retrieved
571:
562:
550:. Retrieved
546:
536:
523:
475:
463:
443:
440:
436:
429:
417:
405:
397:
393:
389:
376:
369:
352:
324:Senya Beraku
321:
307:
306:
255:(1979 -1981)
241:affiliations
211:(2022-08-03)
200:Senya Beraku
198:Krobonshie,
167:
148:Succeeded by
113:
97:
81:
64:Succeeded by
41:
18:
1026:2022 deaths
1021:1934 births
761:, p. 4
372:Brong Ahafo
318:Early years
218:Citizenship
153:Jatoe Kaleo
136:Preceded by
52:Preceded by
1015:Categories
831:: 8. 1979.
825:Ghana News
809:(5845): 3.
708:The Mirror
621:All Africa
572:All Africa
515:References
280:Alma mater
192:1934-08-08
926:23 August
713:23 August
552:23 August
484:in 2007.
344:geography
340:chemistry
326:, in the
291:Known for
264:Education
172:1969–1972
168:In office
118:1969–1971
114:In office
102:1996–2001
98:In office
86:2001–2001
82:In office
46:2001–2005
42:In office
994:GhanaDot
974:5 August
968:GhanaWeb
652:8 August
626:8 August
600:8 August
577:8 August
488:See also
221:Ghanaian
527:editor,
472:Honours
785:
738:
366:Career
359:Texaco
941:GNA.
1001:2020
976:2022
950:2020
928:2018
829:8–12
783:ISBN
736:ISBN
715:2018
654:2020
628:2020
602:2020
579:2020
554:2018
342:and
206:Died
186:Born
1017::
992:.
966:.
919:.
900:.
882:.
864:.
846:.
827:.
823:.
805:.
767:^
706:.
688:^
662:^
644:.
619:.
570:.
545:.
1003:.
978:.
952:.
930:.
744:.
717:.
656:.
630:.
604:.
581:.
556:.
194:)
190:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.