Name Kwaku Boateng Role Information minister | Succeeded by Laurence Abavana Nationality Ghanaian Children Paul Boateng | |
Preceded by Alfred Jonas Dowuona Hammond Preceded by Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah Education Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Grandchildren Seth Boateng, Mirabelle Boateng, Beth Boateng, Benjamin Boateng, Charlotte Boateng Previous offices Ministry of Education (1964–1966), Ministry of Interior (1961–1964) | ||
Kwaku Boateng (c. 1926 – 1 May 2006) was a Ghanaian barrister, politician, Christian evangelist and cabinet minister.
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Politics
Kwaku Boateng was a member of the Convention People's Party and served in various capacities in the Nkrumah government. He was Information Minister and in 1961, became Interior Minister. He was Education Minister under Kwame Nkrumah from May 1964.
Exile
After the 24 February 1966 coup d'état by the National Liberation Council, he along with other members of the government went into exile. He went to the United Kingdom with his family.
Other activities
While Minister of Education, He opened the Bible House, headquarters of the Bible Society of Ghana on behalf of Kwame Nkrumah in 1965. He was a trustee of the Bible Society until his death. Towards the end of his political career, Boateng became an evangelist.
Family
Paul Boateng, a British Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, is his son. Kwaku Boateng's wife was Mrs. Eleanor Boateng who was Scottish.
Death
Kwaku Boateng died on 1 May 2006 at Paul's home in Cape Town, South Africa during Paul's stint as High Commissioner to South Africa. He was 80 years old.