Kojo Armah (27 November 1945 – 4 May 2014) was a Ghanaian diplomat, lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Convention People's Party and a former Member of Parliament for the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira constituency in the Western Region. He was also an educationist and linguist. He represented the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira constituency on two separate occasions, from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2008. He also served as the Municipal Chief Executive for Nzema East from 2001 through 2004. Early life and education James Evans Armah was born in Axim in the Western Region to James Enyimah Armah and Sikayena Baidoe. He was raised by his maternal aunt, Mrs. Quarshie, and her family. He received his primary education from Asokore Primary School and Apam Roman Catholic Middle School, and obtained his O and A level certificates from Apam Senior High School. In 1969, he graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. He obtained a post-graduate diploma in education at the University of Cape Coast. Working life He moved to Axim after graduation from university and taught at Nsein Senior High School from 1969 to 1971. After completing his post-graduate course, he taught at Ghana Secondary Technical School in Takoradi. He resigned from his teaching position in 1973 to take up an appointment at the Research Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an assistant director grade II. He embarked on many diplomatic missions, one of which allowed him to pursue a diploma in French, Literature, and Civilization from the University of Tours in Touraine. As a diplomat, he held several positions in several mission countries, such as First Secretary and Head of Chancery at the Ghana Embassy in Conakry, Guinea, and Charge D'Affaires in Togo. Armah was promoted to the rank of assistant director grade I in 1977 after he had completed a diploma in public administration at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. After 31 December 1981 coup d'etat in Ghana, he was recalled to the country and posted to the African and European Desk at the Research Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served from 1982 to 1984. He was transferred to the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board in 1984 as an administrative secretary. He was promoted to the position of deputy director at the Office of the Head of Civil Service. Whilst