Augustus Molade Akiwumi
| Augustus Molade Akiwumi | |
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| 2nd Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana |
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In office February 1958 – June 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Emannuel C. Quist |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Richard Asiedu |
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| Born |
7 April 1891 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Political party | CPP |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Aryee & Helen Kabuki Ocansey |
| Children | Akiwusi, Akiola & Akilano, Akilebu, Akilowu, Omotayo, Helen, Akilaja(Ninii) |
| Residence | Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana |
| Occupation | Barrister / Banker |
Justice Augustus Molade Akiwumi (7 April 1891 – ?) was a judge and also the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
Augustus Akiwumi was born in Nigeria but became a naturalised Ghanaian. In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset. He proceeded to the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, where he studied law. He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.
He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921. He was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the First Republic of Ghana.
Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.
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