Kojo Botsio

Hon. Kojo Botsio
7th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office 1963–1965
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded by	Alex Quaison-Sackey
2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office 1958–1959
Prime Minister	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded by	Ebenezer Ako-Adjei
Personal details
Born	21 February 1916
Died	February 5, 2001(2001-02-05) (aged 84) Accra, Ghana
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	Convention People's Party
Spouse(s)	Ruth Botsio (née Whittaker)
Children	Kojo, Merene
Alma mater	Fourah Bay College Brasenose College, Oxford University
Profession	Educationist

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]

Family

Kojo Botsio was married to Ruth Whittaker. They had two children, Kojo and Merene, both barristers.^[1]

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