Peter Ala Adjetey

Peter Ala Adjetey, born in La, Accra, attended Accra Bishop Boys' School and St. Paul's School. He graduated from Accra Academy in 1951 and later earned an intermediate bachelor's degree from the University of London. Adjetey was admitted to the London bar in 1958 and returned to Ghana in 1959.

Adjetey worked as a Law Officer for the Office of the Attorney General, part-time lecturer at the University of Ghana's Institute of Adult Education, and at the Ghana School of Law. He served as secretary for the Ghana Bar Association, Judicial Council member, and president of the Ghana Bar Association from 1985 to 1989.

Adjetey represented Kpeshie in the Third Republic of Ghana's parliament. During the same time, he served as the head of the parliamentary delegation to the United National Convention. He was elected Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 1995 and served in that capacity until 1998.

In 2008, Adjetey received the Order of the Volta, a national honor. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Ghana in the same year.

Adjetey died on 15 July 2008 after a short illness.[