Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong (born 1944) is a Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian politician, formerly a Majority Leader in the Ghanaian parliament

Parliament of Ghana

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 and a New Patriotic Party

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 (NPP) member of Parliament for the Akyem Swedru. He also held various ministerial portfolios in the Kufuor government

Kufuor government

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Life

Felix Owusu-Adjapong studied Land Economy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a university located in Kumasi, Ghana.It is the second public university established in the country. The University has its roots in the plans of the Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I to establish a university in Kumasi as part of his drive...

 in Kumasi

Kumasi

Kumasi is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea...

. He also studied Housing, Planning and Building at the Bouwcentrum Institute in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, Urban Land Appraisal at the University of Reading

University of Reading

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 in England, and law at the Ghana Law School.

He was first elected MP for Akyem Swedru in the 1996 parliamentary elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996

The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 1996. Presidential elections were held on the same day. The result was a victory for the National Democratic Con, which won 133 of the 200 seats.-Results:-By region:-See also:...

, and re-elected in 2000

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000

The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 2000. Presidential elections were held on the same day with a second round on 28 December 2000. 62% of registered voters turned out for the elections...

 with a majority of 5,047. In February 2001 he became Minister for Transport and Communications, and in April 2003 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. In 2004

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004

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 he was re-elected as MP with a majority of 11,381. In 2007 he resigned his ministerial position to make an unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination of the NPP. He did not contest his parliamentary constituency at the 2008 elections, and Joseph Ampomah Bosompem won it for the NPP with a majority of 8,469. In June 2008 he was appointed Minister of Energy, holding the post until the end of Kufuor's government in January 2009.