Francis Kwame Buah | |
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Minister for Education | |
In office 1980 –31 December 1981 | |
President | Hilla Limann |
Preceded by | K. K. Anti |
Succeeded by | Ama Ata Aidoo |
Minister for Trade and Tourism | |
In office 1979–1980 | |
President | Hilla Limann |
Preceded by | J. L. S. Abbey |
Francis Kwame Buah was a Ghanaian historian,educationist,author and politician. He was the Minister for Education of Ghana between 1980 and 1981 and the Minister for Trade and Tourism prior to that. He authored a number of history text books.
Buah was the headteacher of the Tema Senior High School (formerly Tema Secondary School) in Ghana. [1]
In 1979,Buah was appointed by Hilla Limann,who was the president of Ghana as the Minister for Trade and Industry. [2] In 1980,he was moved to be the Minister for Education. He held this position until the Limann government was overthrown by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council led by Jerry Rawlings in December 1981. He has published many history text books. The last,"Government in West Africa" was published when he was 83 years old. [3]
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