J. C. Adjeitey
{{Short description|Ghanaian soldier, dentist and politician}}
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| president = Colonel I. K. Acheampong
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| profession = Dential surgeon
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J. C. Adjeitey was a Ghanaian soldier and Commissioner for Health in the National Redemption Council military government.
Prior to his involvement in politics, Adjeitey worked as a dentist at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra.{{cite journal |title=Association News 1. Dental Society of the Ghana Medical Association Party on Bank Holiday August 1st 1966 |journal=Ghana Medical Journal |date=September 1966 |volume=5 |issue=3 |page=120 |url=http://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201966%20Vol%205%20No%203/Association%20news.pdf |access-date=9 October 2022 |publisher=Ghana Medical Association}}
He was promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel in 1961.{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |last1=Kilford |first1=Christopher Richard |title=The Other Cold War - Canadian Military Assistance in the Developing World |publisher=Queen's University |location=Kingston, Ontario, Canada |page=205 |date=May 2009|citeseerx=10.1.1.404.8941}}{{cite book |last1=Kilford |first1=Christopher Richard |title=The Other Cold War - Canada's Military Assistance to the Developing World 1945 - 1975 |date=2010 |publisher=Minister of National Defence, Canada |location=Kingston, Ontario |isbn=978-1-100-14337-8 |page=141 |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2011/dn-nd/D2-257-2010-eng.pdf |access-date=9 October 2022}}
Politics
Following the overthrow of the Busia government by the military led by Colonel Acheampong in January 1972, Adjeitey was appointed the Commissioner for Health. He served in this capacity until 1973 when he was replaced by Lt. Colonel Selormey.{{cite book |last1=Paxton |first1=J. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1972-73 |date=14 Sep 1972 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-333-12406-2 |page=309 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l43JDQAAQBAJ&q=%22J+H+Cobbina%22&pg=PA309 |access-date=9 October 2022}} He led the Ghana delegation to the 26th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) which took place in Geneva, Switzerland in 1973.{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - TWENTY- SIXTHWORLD HEALTHASSEMBLY |url=https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/85863/Official_record210_eng.pdf?sequence=1 |website=who.int |publisher=World Health Organisation |access-date=9 October 2022 |location=Geneva |page=8 |date=1973}}
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