Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe | |
Office1: | Regional Commissioner for Central Region |
Term Start1: | 1965 |
Term End1: | 1966 |
President1: | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
Predecessor1: | Joseph Essilfie Hagan |
Successor1: | R. J. G. Dontoh |
Office2: | Regional Commissioner for Eastern Region[1] |
Term Start2: | 1960 |
Term End2: | 1965 |
President2: | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
Predecessor2: | New |
Successor2: | Joseph Essilfie Hagan |
Office3: | Member of Parliament for Somanya[2] |
Term Start3: | 1965 |
Term End3: | February 1966 |
Predecessor3: | New |
Office4: | Member of Parliament for Yilo-Krobo[3] |
Term Start4: | 1954 |
Term End4: | 1965 |
Successor4: | Constituency abolished |
Birth Date: | 1912 |
Birth Name: | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe |
Citizenship: | Ghanaian |
Alma Mater: | O'Reilly Senior High School |
Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe was a Ghanaian politician in the first republic. He served as a regional commissioner for the Eastern Region[4] and later for the Central Region. He also served as a member of parliament for the Yilo-Krobo constituency and later the Somanya constituency.
Korboe was born in 1912.He had his early education at Accra Royal School and continued at the O'Reilley Educational Institute.[5]
Korboe begun as a clerk to the Abdala Transport Company in 1932. He later became a farmer and a cocoa broker.[5] He was chairman of the Yilo Krobo Local Council, chairman of the Somanya branch of the Convention People's Party (CPP) and chairman of the Volta River District CPP Constituency Council. In 1954 he was elected to represent the Yilo Krobo constituency in the National Assembly.[6] [5] He was appointed Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) for the Eastern Region in 1957.[7] He held this political position from 1957 to 1965. In 1965 he was appointed Regional Commissioner for the Central Region.[8] He served in this capacity until February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.