Kwame Baah

Kwame Baah
17th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office
1972–1975
President Kutu Acheampong
Preceded by Nathan Aferi
Succeeded by Roger Felli
Personal details
Born 21 May 1938
Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana[1]
Died 1997 (aged 59)[2]
Nationality Ghanaian
Profession Soldier
Military service
Allegiance Ghana
Service/branch Ghana Army
Rank Colonel

Colonel Kwame R. M. Baah (21 May 1938 – 1997) was a soldier and politician. He was the Ghanaian foreign minister between 1972 and 1975.

Colonel (then Major) Kwame Baah was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs after the government of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia was overthrown in a coup d'état on January 13, 1972. This replaced the Progress Party government with the National Redemption Council. He was appointed foreign minister by General (then Colonel) Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in 1972, a position he held till 1975.[3]

At the hearings of the National Reconciliation Commission in Accra on June 1, 2004, a Captain Koda is said to have reported that Colonel Kwame Baah and others were supposed to be among a third batch of officers to be executed during the era of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.[4] This was never carried out. His successor as foreign minister, Col. Roger Felli was however executed along with five other army officers on June 16, 1979.[5]

References

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  3. ↑ B. Schemmel. "Foreign ministers E-K - Ghana". Lists of heads of state of government and ministers of various countries. Rulers.org. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  4. ↑ "Capt Koda testifies at NRC". General News of Tuesday, 1 June 2004 (Ghana Home Page). 1 June 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  5. ↑ "CHAPTER 6: REVIEW OF PETITIONS E: 4TH JUNE, 1979 – 23RD SEPTEMBER 1979 (AFRC REGIME)" (pdf). THE National Reconciliation Commission Report. Ghana government. October 2004. pp. page 180. Archived from the original on 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2007-04-12.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Major General Nathan Apea Aferi		 Foreign Minister
1972 – 1975 		Succeeded by
Colonel Roger Felli