Charles de Graft Dickson
{{Short_description|Ghanaian educationist and politician}}
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|office1 = Minister for Defence
|term_start1 = 1960
|term_end1 = 1961
|president1 = Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
|predecessor1 = Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
|successor1 = Kofi Baako
|office2 = Ashanti Regional Minister
|term_start2 = 1957
|term_end2 = 1960
|president2 = Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
|predecessor2 = New
|successor2 = R. O. Amoako-Atta
|office3 = Member of Parliament for Ashanti-Akim{{cite book |title=Parliamentary debates; Official Report, Part 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swVIAQAAIAAJ&q=Charles+de+Graft+Dickson |publisher=Ghana National Assembly |page=iii |date=1962}}
|term_start3 =1956
|term_end3 = 1965
|president3 = Kwame Nkrumah
|predecessor3 = new
|successor3 = Serwaa Annin
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|11|14|df=y}}
| birth_name = Charles de Graft-Dickson
|birth_place = Konongo-Odumase, Gold Coast
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|11|19|1913|11|14}}
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|alma_mater = Achimota School
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Charles de Graft-Dickson (14 November 1913 – 19 November 1997) was a Ghanaian educationist and a politician. He served as a minister of State and a member of parliament in the first republic. Prior to politics, he was the chairman of Asante Kotoko S.C.
Early life and education
Charles de Graft-Dickson was born on 14 November 1913 to Charles Hebert Dickson at Konongo Odumase in the Ashanti Region.
His early education begun at St. Peter's Primary School in Kumasi he later proceeded to Prince of Wales College now Achimota School where he obtained his secondary education.{{cite book |title=The Diplomatic Press Directory of the Republic of Ghana, Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCwUAAAAIAAJ&q=dickson |publisher=Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company |page=192 |date=1960}}
Career and politics
Charles begun teaching at St. Mary's School at Konongo from 1934 to 1937. He spent the next six years working at the Konongo mines. He later joined C. F. A. O. and became its employee president in 1944. In 1949 he was appointed chairman of Asante Kotoko S.C. and served in that capacity until 1953.{{cite web |url=https://www.happyghana.com/today-in-sports-history-kotoko-dismiss-kwabena-badu-seven-others-suspended/ |title=Today In Sports History: Kotoko dismiss Kwabena Badu, seven others suspended |date=2019-04-26 |access-date=2019-09-18}} He was a member of a two-man delegation sent to Puerto Rico for the inaugural ceremony of President Luis Muñoz Marín. On 23 July 1956 he was appointed ministerial secretary (deputy minister) to the Ministry of Education.{{cite book |title=International Yearbook of Education volumes 18-19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjoLAAAAIAAJ&q=Graft+Dickson |publisher=Unesco |page=438 |date=1956}}{{cite book |title=Debates, Part 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sn6aAAAAIAAJ&q=Graft+Dickson |publisher=Gold Coast Legislative Assembly |page=442 |date=1956}} In 1957 he was elevated to the post of Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) of the Ashanti Region. In 1960 he was appointed Minister for Defence. He served in this position until 1961.{{cite book |last=Mensah |first=Sylvester A. |date=2013 |title=In the Shadows of Politics |publisher=Author House |isbn=9781491886809 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-xIAgAAQBAJ&q=Charles+de+Graft+Dickson&pg=PA13}}
Personal life
De Graft-Dickson's hobbies included gardening and motoring. He died on 19 November 1997.{{cite news |last=Aryeh |first=Elvis |date=1997-12-09 |title=CHARLES DE-GRAFT DICKSON |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CFTQ5318aJ0C&q=Charles+de+Graft+Dickson&pg=PA20 |work=Daily Graphic |access-date=2019-09-18}}
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Category:Place of death missing
Category:Ghanaian MPs 1956–1965
Category:Ministers for education of Ghana
Category:Ministers for defence of Ghana
Category:Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians