Daniel Asafo-Agyei

Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei was a Ghanaian politician and merchant.

Biography He replaced Cobina Kessie as the member of parliament for the Kumasi North constituency in 1959 when the latter took up a diplomatic appointment as Ghana's ambassador to Liberia. Asafo-Agyei represented Kumasi North from 1959 until 1965 when he became the member of parliament for the Manhyia constituency.

While in parliament, he was appointed deputy minister for Agriculture and in 1965 he was appointed minister for Fisheries (a new ministry that had been created at the time). He served in this capacity until February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.