- Kojo Botsio
Infobox Minister
honorific-prefix =Hon.
name =Kojo Botsio
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order =
office =Minister for Foreign Affairs
term_start =1963
term_end =1965
deputy =
president =Kwame Nkrumah
primeminister =
succeeding =
predecessor =Kwame Nkrumah
successor =Alex Quaison-Sackey
constituency =
majority =
birth_date =21 February 1916
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death_date =death date and age |2001|2|5|1916|2|21
death_place =Accra ,Ghana
nationality =flagicon|GhanaGhana ian
spouse =Ruth Botsio (née Whittaker)
party =Convention People's Party
relations =
children =Kojo, Merene
residence =
alma_mater =Fourah Bay College Brasenose College ,Oxford University
occupation =
profession =Educationist
religion =
website =
footnotes =Kojo Botsio (
21 February 1916 –5 February 2001 )cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=13490 |title= Kojo Botsio is Dead |accessdate=2007-05-04 |work=General News of Wednesday, 7 February 2001 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] was a Ghanaiandiplomat andpolitician . He studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of theWest African National Secretariat and an acting warden for theWest African Students' Union . He served as his country'sforeign minister twice in the government ofKwame Nkrumah and was a leading figure in the rulingConvention People's Party (CPP).Early life and education
Kojo Botsio attended
Adisadel College ,Cape Coast and then theAchimota College inAccra . He proceeded toSierra Leone , where he obtained his first degree from the Fourah Bay University College, the onlyuniversity inWest Africa at the time. He then went to theUnited Kingdom in 1945, where he attended theBrasenose College ,Oxford University . He was awarded a post-graduate degree in Geography and Education there.Career
Botsio was a teacher at the St. Augustine's College and the London City Council Secondary School in the United Kingdom. Mr Botsio was also once Vice-Principal of the Abuakwa State College at
Kibi in Ghana.Politics
Kojo Botsio was the first minister of Education in the
Nkrumah government , prior to independence. His ministerial appointments include Social Welfare, Transport and Communications, Agriculture, Trade and Development. He was appointed Foreign minister twice, between 1958 and 1959 and then from 1963 to 1965.Family
Kojo Botsio was married to Ruth Whittaker. They had two children, Kojo and Merene, both
barrister s.References
Persondata
NAME=Botsio, Kojo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Diplomat, educationist, politician and former foreign minister of Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH=21 February 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=5 February 2001
PLACE OF DEATH=Accra ,Greater Accra Region ,Ghana
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