Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko

{{Short description|Ghanaian lawyer and politician (1928–2021)}}

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| constituency_MP = Mampong North

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| term_start = 24 September 1979

| term_end = 31 December 1981

| predecessor = Akwasi Afrifa

| successor = Military coup

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| death_date = 11 October 2021

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Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (1928–2021) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Mampong North in the Third Republic of Ghana. He became a member of parliament following a by-election due to the execution by firing squad of Afrifa and other senior military officers on 26 June 1979.{{cite journal |title=Eight Top Officers Executed |journal=Ghana News |date=July 1979 |volume=8 |issue=7 |page=6 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PP77 |access-date=12 April 2022 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington}} Afrifa had won the seat in the 1979 Ghanaian general election but never got to take his seat in parliament. His execution followed a coup d'état on 4 June 1979 which led to the formation of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military government.{{cite web |title=We're witnessing challenges that led to June 4 uprising today - Zanetor |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/We-re-witnessing-challenges-that-led-to-June-4-uprising-today-Zanetor-1278772 |website=GhanaWeb |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=en |date=4 June 2021}}

Akuoko was married to Sophia Nana Wiba Sackey, with whom he had two daughters, Anastasia and Felicia. She died after a short illness in October 2019.{{cite web |title=About Sophia |url=https://www.thelifeofsophia.com/about_her |website=Lifeofsophia |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=en}} Akuoko died in October 2021 aged 93. He had thirteen children.{{cite web |title=The late Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko, Esq. (1928 - 2021) |url=https://ripghana.com/ebenezer-augustus-kwasi-akuoko-esq/?fbclid=IwAR2VgAV6gzFWznstNIPndTjpfNW4LO5xhyJDPDV8GiVNEO4LlhaQkSMV8lI |website=R.I.P Ghana |access-date=12 April 2022 |date=24 January 2022}}{{cite web |title=One week celebration: Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/one-week-celebration-ebenezer-augustus-kwasi-akuoko/ |website=www.myjoyonline.com |publisher=MyjoyOnline.com |access-date=12 April 2022 |date=9 November 2021}}