Kwame Bawuah-Edusei

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Ghana ambassador to Switzerland
In office
2004–2006
Occupation
Profession Physician

Kwame Bawuah-Edusei is a Ghanaian physician, entrepreneur and diplomat. He served as Ghana's ambassador to Switzerland from 2004 to 2006, and Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from 2006 to 2009.

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Early life and education

Bawuah-Edusei was born 10 June 1955. He had his secondary education at Kumasi Academy, and proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he studied Human Biology. [1] [2] He later entered the Howard University Hospital where he had his medical residency in family medicine. [1] [2]

Career

Bawuah-Edusei worked as a medical practitioner and an entrepreneur prior to his ambassadorial appointment. He was the head of Educe Medical Center, a hospital he founded in Alexandria, Virginia. [2] He founded the Educe Capital LLC, a firm that focused on bio-medicine, real estate, and agro processing, and also founded the EO Group with his business partner George Yaw Owusu. [3] [4] In 2004 Bawuah-Edusei was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Switzerland. [5] [6] He served in this capacity until 2006 when he was appointed Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America. [7] [8] [9] He held this office until 2009.

Personal life

Bawuah-Edusei is married to Evangeline Bawuah-Edusei. [10]

Book

Thrived Despite the Odds, 2019 [11] [12] [13]

See also

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