Joseph Richard Asiedu

Lawyer and Former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana

The Right Honourable Joseph Richard Asiedu

3rd Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
In office July 1960 Deputy Speaker 1957. Speaker 1961 – June 1965
Preceded by	Augustus Molade Akiwumi
Succeeded by	Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
Constituency	MP Akuapem North 1956

Personal details
Born	3 January 1903 Larteh Akuapem
Died	14 November 1977 Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra
Political party	CPP NO Party Posts, Member of Legislative Council
Residence	ANSVILLE LARTEH
Occupation	Regional Manager U.A.C.Ltd. Timber Contractor
Helped with the establishment of Tetteh Quarshie Hospital at Akuapem Mampong to the memory of Tetteh Quarshie the man who first introduced Cocoa to Ghana

Justice Joseph Richard Asiedu (died before 1994)^[1] was a judge and also a Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was appointed Speaker of Parliament in July 1960 in the First Republic of Ghana.^[2] He was the speaker until June 1965.

Political offices
Preceded by Augustus Molade Akiwumi	Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana 1960 – 1965¹	Succeeded by Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta
Notes and references
1. ^[2]

References

^ Adjei, Mike (15 February 1994). Death and Pain, Rawlings' Ghana: The Inside Story. Black Line. p. 29. ISBN 185421036X.
^ ^a ^b "Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes:Speakers of Parliament from 1951 - 2005". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-18.