Alhaji Imoru Egala was a former foreign minister

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

 in the First Republic between 1960 and 1961.

Mr. Egala held various cabinet posts under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana...

's Convention People's Party

Convention People's Party

The Convention People's Party is a socialist political party in Ghana, based on the ideas of former President Kwame Nkrumah.The CPP was formed in 1949 by Kwame Nkrumah to campaign for the independence of the Gold Coast. It ruled Ghana from 1957 to 1966...

 government including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information.

He is also a founder of the People's National Party

People's National Party (Ghana)

The People's National Party was the ruling party in Ghana during the Third Republic .All political parties in Ghana were disbanded following the January 1972 military coup led by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. When political activities resumed in 1979, there were five parties contesting the...

 which won the 1979 presidential

Ghanaian presidential election, 1979

Presidential elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979 , with a second round on 9 July 1979. The result was a victory for Hilla Limann of the People's National Party, who won 62.0% of the votes in the second round....

 and parliamentary elections. He sponsored the candidacy of Dr. Hilla Limann

Hilla Limann

Hilla Limann was the President of Ghana from 24 September, 1979 to 31 December, 1981. Eventually he became a diplomat, and served in Switzerland. Limann, whose original last name was Babini, was born in the northern Ghanaian town of Gwolu in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region to a...

 who became the president of the Third Republic of Ghana because he was then serving a twelve year ban from public office in Ghana.

He died on April 2, 1981 in New York

New York

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, USA.

Imoru Egala was married to Hajia Memuna Egala. His daughter, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama is the wife of the Vice President of Ghana between 2001 and 2009, Aliu Mahama

Aliu Mahama

Alhaji Aliu Mahama was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He sought the New Patriotic Party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election,, GNA , October 24, 2007. but at the party's convention in December 2007 he received only 6.38% of delegates' votes...

and Mr iddi Egala.