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Aaron Mike Oquaye (Michael Aaron Oquaye) was born on 4 April, 1944 in Osu, Accra, Gold Coast, is a Ghanaian politician, lawyer and academic (born 1944). Discover Aaron Mike Oquaye's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Michael Aaron Oquaye
Occupation Academic · Lawyer · Politician
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 4 April 1944
Birthday 4 April
Birthplace Osu, Accra, Gold Coast
Nationality Ghana

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1944

Aaron Mike Oquaye (born 4 April 1944) is a Ghanaian barrister and politician who served as the sixth Speaker of Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana from 2017 to 2021.

Michael Aaron Oquaye was born on 4 April 1944 in Osu, Accra, Ghana (then Gold Coast), to E. G. N Oquaye of Osu and Felicia Awusika Abla Oquaye (née Azu) of Odumase-Krobo.

He was brought up at Asamankese in the country's Eastern Region, where he attended the Roman Catholic Primary School and Presbyterian Middle School before proceeding to Presbyterian Boys' Secondary (PRESEC), at Odumase-Krobo and then Apam Senior High School.

Oquaye's father, E. G. N. Oquaye, had been a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) at Asamankese.

He was also treasurer and principal financier of the UGCC, Gold Coast Party (GCP), National Liberation Movement (NLM) and United Party (UP) at Asamankese.

When Oquaye was a child, his family received political figures and dignitaries such as Dr. J. B. Danquah and Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia as guests at their home.

Okyenhene Nana Ofori Atta II, while in exile in Accra, was also a regular visitor to the Oquaye family home in Asamankese.

Oquaye attended the Presbyterian Boys' Senior Secondary School, where he gained his GCE "O"-Level Certificate, and then Apam Secondary School for his "A" Level Certificates.

He entered the University of Ghana and later the University of London, at Lincoln's Inn, London.

He holds B.A. (Hons.) Political Science, L.L.B. (Hons.), B.L. and PhD. He is a qualified solicitor and barrister, as well as the founder and senior partner of his own law firm.

He is a barrister of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a senior member of the Ghana Bar Association, and a solicitor for some leading companies and financial institutions.

Oquaye is a professor of Political science at the University of Ghana, (Legon), and was previously the Head of the Department of Political Science and member of the university's Academic Board, the highest authority at the level of the faculties.

1969

Oquaye strongly supported Busia's call for quick return to civilian rule to prevent the militarization of the state and, along with his family, helped to establish the Progress Party in Osu in 1969.

1972

He is the author of the award-winning book Politics in Ghana, 1972–1979, in which he depicts, inter-alia, the military as the bane of Government and Politics in Africa and recounted instances of human right abuses, conflictual politics, economic mismanagement and national decadence.

1982

He wrote a second volume, Politics in Ghana, 1982–1992, dealing with the politics of revolution, CDRs, Public Tribunals, popular power, positive defiance and human rights issues of the period.

His scholarly articles have been published in international journals such as the Human Rights Quarterly (US), Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics (UK), African Affairs (UK), and Review of Human Factor Studies (Canada).

As a student at the University of Ghana, Oquaye joined the campaign for the J. B. Danquah / Kofi Abrefa Busia cause.

1992

The United Party-Progress Party tradition led to the foundation, in 1992, of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), with Oquaye as a founder member.

He was the first Regional Secretary of NPP for Greater Accra in 1992, and also the first Chairman of the Party for the Ga District Rural Constituency, which later split into Ga West District and Ga East District.

He was the secretary of the Research Committee and a member of the first National Campaign Team of the NPP in the third quarter of 1992.

1993

He received his Ph.D from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, as well as winning the Rockefeller Senior Scholar Award in 1993 and the Senior Fulbright Scholar Award in 1997.

He has been a visiting lecturer at George Mason University in Virginia.

Oquaye's role in the party's success, which involved journalistic contributions and involvement in other activities of the party between 1993 and 2000, is considered significant.

1997

From 1997 to 1999, he was vice-president of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS), based in Zimbabwe.

As a writer, Oquaye has researched and published writings extensively on good governance, conflicts, political education, decentralization and development, human rights, military intervention in politics, NGOs, rural development and gender issues.

He advocates women's rights, including affirmative action.

2000

He worked with other central NPP figures, including President John Kufuor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, R. R. Amponsah, Prof. Adu-Boahen, Peter Ala Adjetey, B. J. da Rocha and Samuel Odoi-Sykes, to campaign successfully for the NPP victory in the 2000 general elections.

2001

From 2001 to 2004, Oquaye served as Ghana's High Commissioner to India.

2002

An academic, diplomat and Baptist minister, he previously held the cabinet ministerial portfolios for energy and communication and was also the High Commissioner of Ghana to India (2002–04) in the Kufuor administration.

2004

Oquaye was the NPP Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya for two terms, from 2004 to 2012.

He decided not to stand for another term.

He sponsored his son, Mike Oquaye Jnr, to fight to be the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency.

His son however lost to Sarah Adwoa Safo, who went on to win the seat.

2005

In February 2005, he became Minister of Energy, and later he was moved to the post of Minister of Communications.

2009

From 2009 to 2013, Oquaye was the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

2013

He was succeeded by Joe Ghartey in 2013.

Oquaye served as the Speaker of Parliament in the seventh parliament of the Fourth Republic.

In 2021, he was nominated by the New Patriotic Party for the role as a Speaker of Parliament in which he lost to Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin on 7 January who was nominated by the National Democratic Congress.

Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin announced at the first sitting of parliament that he was elected by 138 votes while Mike Oquaye garnered 136 votes.

Oquaye is a pastor of the Baptist Church.