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Ohene Djan was born on 29 January, 1924 in Aburi, is a Ghanaian sports administrator. Discover Ohene Djan'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 63 years old?

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Occupation Sports administrator
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 29 January, 1924
Birthday 29 January
Birthplace Aburi
Date of death 1987
Died Place Nsawam, Eastern Region, Ghana
Nationality Ghana

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1924

Ohene Djan (29 January 1924 – 26 March 1987) was a Ghanaian sports administrator.

He was the First Director (Minister) of Sports of Ghana at the Central Organisation of Sports (COS) and was also vice-president of the Confederation of African Football.

Ohene Djan was born on 29 January 1924 as one of the children of Mankrado Kwafo Kraba II and Aberewatia Juliana Yaa Amponsah Otoo alias Yaa Gyinae both from Aburi, Eastern Region.

His education begun at the Aburi Presbyterian Primary School and Aburi Methodist Boarding School.

1943

He later continued to the Accra Academy where he obtained his secondary education, completing in 1943.

After his secondary school education, he joined his father in his cocoa business.

He worked with his father for a year and joined the civil service as a second division clerk.

1949

His father's deteriorating health forced him to resign in 1949 to manage his father's business.

1950

In 1950, Djan became an active member of the CPP; the political party founded by Kwame Nkrumah, the Ghanaian government head from 1951 to 1966.

1951

In the 1951 general elections he stood on the ticket of the CPP and was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Akuapem-New Juaben beating Edward Akufo-Addo by 97 to 12 votes.

In parliament, Djan was appointed Ministerial Secretary (deputy minister) to the Ministry of Finance.

1952

He had led a revolution that had toppled the administration of Richard Akwei, a respected councillor of Accra, who had ruled football in Ghana, then known as Gold Coast officially since 1952 and unofficially for some years before then.

1954

He held that office until 1954 when he left Parliament due to corruption charges that were leveled against him.

1957

In September 1957, Djan was elected General Secretary of a new Ghana Amateur Football Association (GAFA).

1958

Djan founded the Black Stars, Ghana's famous national team, and he strategically affiliated the Association with FIFA in 1958 and the CAF in 1960.

He was instrumental in securing sponsorship for the first Ghanaian FA Cup competition from a pharmaceutical firm, Merrs R.R. Harding and Company.

He succeeded in securing the services of an expatriate Coach, George Ainsley, for the National Team in that same year.

1960

In 1958, he succeeded again in organizing the first national league, before Ghana became a republic on 1 July 1960.

In July 1960, Ghana's first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, elevated Djan to the ministerial portfolio of 'Director of Sports', the overall boss of sports administration in Ghana.

He was in charge of the newly created Central Organisation of Sports (COS) (now the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana)), a sports ministry-like organization.

Although Djan left his GAFA chairmanship post due to this promotion, he continued to play a key role as General Secretary.

Ghana produced a silver medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the name of Clement Quartey he became the first black African olympic medalist.

1962

Ghana was also the African country that won the most medals in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

1963

Djan's reputation grew on the continent, his lobbying helped Ghana gain the hosting rights for the 1963 African Cup of Nations which the Black Stars won (the Black Stars went on to defend the trophy in Tunisia in 1965 under his tenure of leadership).

He also suggested to Nkrumah to donate a trophy for a tournament that is now known as the CAF Champions League.

At a CAF extraordinary assembly in Addis Ababa he became second in command of the continent's highest football administrative body, emerging as CAF vice president alongside Ethiopia's Ydnekatchew Tessema in January, 1963.

They both served under Egyptian Abdel Aziz Moustafa, the CAF president.

A year earlier, Djan had been voted unto the powerful FIFA Executive Committee (now known as the FIFA Executive Council).

Sir Stanley Rous, FIFA's president then, described Djan as a 'valued' player at the World football governing body.

Aside football Ghana made giant strides in other sporting disciplines in his era as a Sports administrator.

1964

In January 1964, FIFA decided that the 16-team finals would be represented by 10 European teams, including hosts England, four Latin American (i.e. South America) teams and one team from the Central American and Caribbean region.

This left just one place to be fought for by three continents: Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Within a month, Ohene Djan, then a member of the FIFA executives committee objected.

He sent a telegram to FIFA condemning the decision and calling it "pathetic".

Ohene Djan challenged FIFA to reconsider the decision since it was unrealistic for Afro-Asian countries to go through the exercise, struggling through painful and expensive qualifying series to ultimately be offered one slot to fight for.

Tessema joined Djan to present Africa's case to FIFA, arguing that football in Africa had significantly improved over the years.

However, all efforts to revoke the decision in their favour proved futile.

1966

Due to the influential role he played in Nkrumah's government, Djan was banned from public activities by the National Liberation Council, the military junta that undertook the coup of 1966, thus resulting in a loss of his place on the FIFA Executive Committee and subsequently, at CAF too.

With the spotlight dimmed, Djan's power and activeness declined, and he spent the ensuing years away from mainstream football politics.

FIFA went on to organise the 1966 FIFA World Cup without an African representative.