Kojo Botsio

Kojo Botsio (21 February 1916 – 5 February 2001)^[1] was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician. He studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union. He served as his country's foreign minister twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party (CPP).

Early life and education

Kojo Botsio attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast and then the Achimota College in Accra. He proceeded to Sierra Leone, where he obtained his first degree from the Fourah Bay University College, the only university in West Africa at the time. He then went to the United Kingdom in 1945, where he attended the Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was awarded a post-graduate degree in Geography and Education there.^[1]

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.^[1]

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 barristers.^[1]

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