Roland Issifu Alhassan
Roland Issifu Alhassan | |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghanaian ambassador to File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | |
| In office 2001 – September 2006 | |
| Preceded by | George Robert Nipah |
| Succeeded by | es:Grant Ohemeng Kesse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1935 |
| Died | April 14, 2014 (aged 78) |
Alhaji Roland Issifu Alhassan (September 15, 1935 – April 14, 2014) was a Ghanaian politician, lawyer and diplomat. Alhassan was a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), specifically in the country's Northern Region.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Alhassan was a commercial farmer who cultivated rice and maize.[4]
Political career
[edit | edit source]He served as an MP for Tolon-Kumbungu from 1969 to 1972 and 1979–1981. In 1992, Alhassan was a candidate for Vice President of Ghana as the running mate of presidential hopeful, Albert Adu Boahen.[1] He also served as Ghana's ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2006 during the administration of former President John Kufuor.[1][5]
In addition to his political career, Alhassan was also the first person from Northern Ghana to be called to the Bar and become a lawyer.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He was married to Mrs. Jane Alhassan and they had six children.[6][4] He was an Islamic Scholar.[7]
Honor
[edit | edit source]Alhassan received the Order of the Volta for his service to Ghana in 2008.[4]
Death
[edit | edit source]Roland Issifu Alhassan died from a short illness at 37 Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on 14 April 2014.[1] He died aged 87.[8] He was buried in his hometown of Kumbungu, Tolon-Kumbungu District, Northern Region.[1]
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