Osagyefo Nana Kuntunkununku II
BORN : 22 FEB 1942, Asiakwa
DIED : 17 MAR 1999, Military Hospital,Accra,Ghana
FATHER : Nana Samuel Okoempa Agyeman
MOTHER : Odehye Maame Joana Abena Akoto [ca 1922 - 26 FEB 2001]
PARTNER 1 :
Aggie
- Akoto [1968 - ]
- Otema
PARTNER 2 :
Oheneyhere Nana Florence Kuntunkununku
NOTES:
34th Okyenhene and Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area 1976/1999
President of the National House of Chiefs 1998/1999
Enstooled 2nd August 1976
He was educated at Prempeh College (1957-61) and Accra Academy (1961-62), before proceeding to the Sofia State University Medical School in Bulgaria to study medicine. On his return in 1969, Dr. Fredua Agyeman worked at Korle Bu Teaching Hospita
l and later at the Ridge hospital until his enstoolment. Osagyefo Kuntunkununku served two-terms as President of the Eastern regional house of chiefs (1994-98), before his election as national president in December 1998 and becoming a member of th
e Council of State. One of his ancient titles was Kwaebibiremhene, or King of the Forest. The Okyenhene was president of the Ghana Ethos-Medical Foundation, and a trustee of the Ghana Society for the Blind. He was also a member of the Consultat
ive Assembly which in 1992 drew up a new constitution for Ghana.
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