Kojo Armah

Kojo Armah (27 November 1945 – 4 May 2014) was a Ghanaian diplomat, lawyer and politician. He was also an educationist and linguist. He received his primary education from Asokore Primary School and Apam Roman Catholic Middle School, and obtained his O and A level certificates from Apam Senior High School.

Working life He moved to Axim after graduation from university and taught at Nsein Senior High School from 1969 to 1971. After completing his post-graduate course, he taught at Ghana Secondary Technical School in Takoradi. He resigned from his teaching position in 1973 to take up an appointment at the Research Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an assistant director grade II. He embarked on many diplomatic missions, one of which allowed him to pursue a diploma in French, Literature, and Civilization from the University of Tours in Touraine. He lost his bid to be re-elected as MP for the constituency in 2000. In the 2004 parliamentary election the New Patriotic Party went into alliance again with the Convention People's Party and presented Armah as a unified candidate. In the 2008 parliamentary election Armah lost his bid for re-election to Catherine Afeku of the New Patriotic Party.

Municipal Chief Executive When the New Patriotic Party won the 2000 general election, President John Agyekum Kufour appointed Armah as the Municipal Chief Executive for Nzema East District. Armah served in that position for one term, from 2000 through the end of 2004.

Personal life In 1973 Armah married Sabina Akainyah; they had three children. He died on the same weekend and at the same hospital as Kofi Ansah, an internationally acclaimed Ghanaian fashion designer.