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572:.He is the first speaker to have been elected from among members of Ghana's parliament. He thus became the fifth Speaker of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. 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
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National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 23,981 votes out of 31,431 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 78.3% of the total valid votes cast.
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and retained his seat in all four subsequent elections. He was a member of parliament of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th parliament of the
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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. He was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament.
595:. He won the elections. His constituency was a part of the 17 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Volta Region.
614:. These obtained 5,665, 616 and 364 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 18.5%, 2% and 1.2% respectively of total valid votes cast.
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Adjaho is a Christian. He is married and has five children.
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980:. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
1087:"Ghana Election 2000 Results -Avenor Constituency"
966:. Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1993. p. 353.
1112:"Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho, Speaker of Parliament"
939:"Founder's Award: Doe Adjaho To Win Primus Prize"
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709:"Doe Adjaho sworn in as Speaker of Parliament"
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235:Deputy Minority Leader
182:Parliamentary offices
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889:"Parliament of Ghana"
604:United Ghana Movement
564:Speaker of Parliament
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762:"Adjaho takes a bow"
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488:Member of Parliament
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26:The Right Honourable
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