James Klutse Avedzi

James Klutse Avedzi (born 14 July 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ketu North Constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

Early life and education James Klutse Avedzi was born on 14 July 1964. He hails from Xipe in the Volta Region of Ghana. He was also the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of parliament. He was also the Deputy Minority Leader for the NDC in parliament.

Political career James is a member of the National Democratic congress (NDC), He contested and won the parliamentary seat for the Ketu North constituency in 2005.

In 2023, he was removed from office as the Deputy Minority Leader for the NDC and was replaced by Kofi Armah Buah together with some other leaders. This decision caused tension and met some push back in the NDC leadership.

In a statement signed by NDC General Secretary, Fiifi Kwetey, Kwame Agbodza becomes the Chief Whip for the opposition side and will be deputised by Banda MP, Ahmed Ibrahim and Ada legislator, Comfort Doyo Ghansah respectively. The statement also added "the new leadership would be charged to recommend consequential changes in the Ranking membership to the Headquarters of the party for approval". But the change only annoyed the party's base across the country. In response, the party's leadership claimed the reshuffle was to engender regional balance in the party.

Personal life James is married with four children. He is a Christian who worships in the Global Evangelical Church His wife died on 30 January 2020 after being unwell for some time at the Ketu South District Hospital.

Achievements He constructed roads and gave scholarships to students in his constituency. He built schools and provided water to communities who had water problems. As the member of parliament, he connected about 150 villages to the national grid.