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B. AbubekrSucceeded byConstituency name changedBornJohn Young Ghann(1922-09-28)28 September 1922CitizenshipGhanaianPolitical partyConvention People’s PartyJohn Young Ghann (born 28 September 1922) was a Ghanaian politician. He served as the Minister for Rural Industries in 1965 and the Minister for Internal Trade from 1965 to 1966.[1][2] He also served as the member of parliament for the Adansi-Banka constituency from 1954 to 1965 and the member of parliament for the Adansi constituency from 1965 to 1966.Table of ContentsEarly life and career[edit]Career and politics[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Early life and career[edit]Ghann was born on 28 September 1922. He was educated at the St. Peter’s Catholic School in Kumasi.[3]Career and politics[edit]Ghann begun his career as a typist. He was the Treasury Clerk to the Edubiasi\u00a0Native Authority. Following his resignation, he studied and qualified as a druggist.[3]Ghann became the first\u00a0Chairman of the Edubiasi Local Council and Chairman of the Adansi-Banka District Council in 1953.[3] A year later, he was elected member of parliament for the Adansi-Banka constituency.[3][4][5] Prior to the 1954 parliamentary election, the seat was known as Adansi rural and was represented by N. B. Abubekr.[6] In 1956, he was nominated once more by the Convention People’s Party to run for the Adansi-Banka seat on the ticket of the party and was subsequently re-elected to represent the constituency in parliament.[7] While in parliament, Ghann was appointed Deputy Minister for Social Welfare and later deputy minister for Information and Broadcasting.[3][8][9][10] On 1 April 1965, Ghann was put in charge of the Ministry for Rural Industries, a new ministry that was created by the then president; Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.[9] However, when Andrew Yao Kwasi Djin was removed as Minister of Trade, the ministry was divided into two; the Ministry of External Trade and the Ministry of Internal Trade and Ghann was appointed Minister of Internal Trade after less than a month serving in his previous office as Minister for Rural Industries[11][12] and was replaced by Isaac William Benneh.[13] In June 1965 he was made member of parliament for the Adansi constituency after the comstitiency name was changed from Adansi-Banka to Adansi.[14][15] Ghann served as the Minister of Internal Trade from April 1965 to February 1966 and doubled as the member of parliament for the Adansi constituency from June 1965 to February 1966.See also[edit]References[edit]^ Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 111\u2013115 (Report). United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1965. p.\u00a0I 3.^ “Ghana Today, Volume 9”. Ghana Today. Information Section, Ghana Office: 3. 1965.^ a b c d e “Directory of Ghana”. Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company. 1959. p.\u00a0160.^ “Debates, Issue 2”. Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954. p.\u00a01.^ “Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report”. Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly. 1961.^ “Debates, Issue 1”. Debates. Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954.^ “Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1”. Gold Coast Gazette. Government Print Office: 833. 1956.^ Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation. 1963. p.\u00a022.^ a b Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 57\u201358 (Report). United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1965. p.\u00a0I 2.^ “New Ghana, Volumes 8\u20139”. New Ghana. Information Services Department Accra: 44. 1964.^ Summary of the report of the Commission of Enquiry into Irregularities and Malpractices in the Grant of Import Licences (Report). Ministry of Information. 1967. p.\u00a012.^ Africa Diary, Volume 5. Africa Publications (India). 1965. p.\u00a02326.^ Africa Diary, Volume 5. Africa Publications (India). 1965. p.\u00a02304.^ “Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2”. Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: 46 and iv. 1965.^ “West Africa Annual, Issue 8”. James Clarke. 1965. p.\u00a080.  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/john-young-ghann-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"John Young Ghann – Wikipedia"}}]}]