Kwesi Plange (; 1926 – 1953) was a

Ghanaian The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of ...

politician and educationist, He was a founding member of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UGC ...

(CPP) and the first headmaster of

Ghana National College Ghana National College is a senior high school in Cape Coast, Ghana. Overview Ghana National College was founded on 20 July 1948, staffed by dismissed teachers from St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast), St Augustine's College and Mfantsipim Sc ...

Career and politics

He was a teacher of St. Augustine's College in

Cape Coast Cape Coast is a city and the capital of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Cape Coast Metropolitan District and the Central Region (Ghana), Central Region of Ghana, Ghana. It is located about from Sekondi-Takoradi and approximately from Ac ...

; his teaching appointment was terminated by the colonial government based on recommendations of the Quarshie-Idun Commission, the commission was set up to investigate the protest of students in Cape Coast schools following the detention in 1948 of "

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". Together with three other teachers, they founded the Ghana National College and Plange become the college's first headteacher from 1948 to 1950. Plange was active in the politics of the Gold Coast, he was a member of the United Gold Coast Convention. When

Kwame Nkrumah Francis Kwame Nkrumah (, 21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained ...

founded the Convention People's Party on 12 June 1949, he joined the convention and was a member of its first Central Committee. In 1951, he was elected to the legislative assembly to represent Cape Coast municipality on the ticket of CPP. Being the youngest member of the assembly and he fought for the inclusion of the youth in the politics of the Colony. He proposed amendment to the Coussey Constitution to reduce the voting age from 25 to 21. He was the Ministerial Secretary to the Ministry of Local Government and led the formulation of the Local Governance Ordinance.

Death

Plange died in 1953. He was replaced on the central committee and the legislative council by

Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck (1915–1972) was a Ghanaian politician and a diplomat. He was a member of the Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first Pr ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plange, Kwesi 1926 births Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians People from Cape Coast Politicians from Central Region (Ghana) 1953 deaths Ghanaian independence activists Ghanaian MPs 1951–1954

Career and politics

Death

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