C. T. Nylander’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ghanian politician
Is Politician 
From United Kingdom 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 1905, Gold Coast, United Kingdom
Politics Convention People’s Party

Clarkson Thomas Nylander was a Ghanaian educationist, diplomat and politician. He served as a minister of state and a member of parliament during the first republic. He was a minister of education and minister of state for defence. He was also a member of parliament for the Dangbe-Shai electoral district and later the Ga Rural electoral district. He later represented Ghana in various foreign missions from 1961 to 1969.

Early life and education

Nylander was born in 1905 in the Gold Coast. He had his early education at the Accra Methodist School and in Government schools in Accra and Kumasi. He continued at the Government Training College in Accra in 1925 as a foremost student to train as a teacher.

Career and politics

Nylander begun teaching at Achimota School from 1926 to 1953. He was appointed an assistant education officer in 1952. Nylander gave up teaching to pursue a career in politics. In 1954 he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly for the Dangbe-Shai electoral district on the ticket of the Convention People’s Party. He was re-elected in 1956, this time as a member for the Ga Rural electoral district. He served in this capacity for the district until 1961 when he was absorbed into foreign service. In 1956 he was appointed Ministerial Secretary (deputy minister) for the Ministry of Interior and a year later he was appointed as Minister of Education. He served in this capacity for about two years and in 1959 he was made a Minister of State for Defence. During the elections of the second republic he stood for the Ablekuma seat on the ticket of the National Alliance of Liberals and won. He served in this capacity until 1972 when the Busia government was overthrown.

Ambassadorial duties

He was appointed Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada in 1961. He served in this capacity for about three years. In 1964 he was made Ghana’s ambassador to Yugoslavia. He served in this capacity until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown. He remained in foreign service serving as Ghana’s ambassador to Liberia from 1966 to 1969 when the NLC government handed over power to a civilian regime.

Personal life

He married Florence Nylander on January 1931. Together they had seven children. He is the father of Ladi Nylander who was a member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Central Committee between 2004 and 2011. He is also the father of the late Mrs. Doris Naa Lamiley Asherker Decker (née Nylander) who was formally of the Ghana Library Board. His hobbies included music and singing.

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