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Simon Diedong Dombo

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Duori Naa
Simon Diedong Dombo
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Jirapa/Lambussie District
In office
1969–1972
Minister for Interior
In office
1969–1971
PresidentEdward Akufo-Addo
Prime MinisterKofi Abrefa Busia
Preceded byJohn Willie Kofi Harlley
Succeeded byNicholas Yaw Boafo Adade
Minister for Health
PresidentEdward Akufo-Addo
Prime MinisterKofi Abrefa Busia
Preceded byGibson Dokyi Ampaw
Duori Naa
In office
17 April 1949 – 19 March 1998
Personal details
Born1925
Died19 March 1998
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNorthern People's Party
Other political
affiliations
United Party
Progress Party

Simon Diedong Dombo (1925–1998) was a Ghanaian politician, teacher and chief. He was a Member of Parliament that represented Jirapa-Lambussie District in the first Parliament of the first and second Republic of Ghana.

Early life and education

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Simon was born in 1925. He attended Government Teacher Training College Tamale where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate.[citation needed]

Career

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As the Douri-Na,[1][2] he was reputed to be the first educated chieftain in the Upper Region of Ghana.[3] He was one of the founders of the Northern People's Party. This later merged with the United Party.

Politics

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During the Second Republic, he was also a member of the first parliament under the membership of the ruling Progress Party. He was elected in the 1969 Ghanaian general elections.[4] He was Minister for Health and then Minister for Interior[2][5] in the Busia government.

He was banned from holding elected office by the Supreme Military Council prior to the 1979 elections.[6] S. D. Dombo was among the early educated chieftains.

Personal life

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He was a Catholic Christian and he had more than 30 children.[7][permanent dead link] He died on 19 March 1998.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NPP Has No Business Being Broke!". Editorial comment. ModernGhana. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1970. 1970.
  3. ^ Kesse-Adu, Kwame (1971). The Politics of Political Detention. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1971. p. 11.
  4. ^ Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1. Accra: Ghana. National Assembly. 1969.
  5. ^ Ghana Year Book. Accra: Daily Graphic, 1971. 1971.
  6. ^ "ELECTIONS AND PUBLIC OFFICES DISQUALIFICATION (DISQUALIFIED PERSONS) DECREE, 1978 (SMCD 216)". SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL DECREE. Supreme Military Council. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  7. ^ "The Late Chief of Duori C.S.Y.Dombo". Bonse. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
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Member of Parliament
1957–65
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Member of Parliament
1969–72
Succeeded by
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for the Interior
1969–71
Succeeded by
Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade
Preceded by
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Minister for Health
1971– ?
Succeeded by
G.D. Ampaw