Edward Adjaho

Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho, MP (born 3 January 1957) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer who was Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2013 to 2017.

[1][2][3] 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.

[5] He 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 7 January 2013, succeeding Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo.He is the first speaker to have been elected from among members of Ghana's parliament.

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 Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode at the first sitting of the new Parliament.