Hon. Owusu Achaw Duah | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Offinso South | |
In office 2005 –Dec 2008 | |
Preceded by | Kwabena Sarfo |
In office Jan 2009 –Jan 2013 | |
President | John Kufuor |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | University of Ghana Medical School |
Occupation | Medical Practitioner |
Owusu Achaw Duah is a Ghanaian medical doctor and politician. [1] He is the CEO and president of Martin Luther King Health Training School. [2] In 2006,he was elected as the member of parliament for the Offinso South constituency through a by-election following the death of Kwabena Sarfo in August 2006. [3]
Owusu had his ordinary and advanced level certificates from Konongo Odumase Senior High and Opoku Ware Senior High schools respectively. He graduated from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1973 and also holds a post-graduate diploma in Telemedicine. [1]
Owusu contested and won the Offinso South constituency by-election in 2006 on the ticket of the New patriotic Party. [3]
He is a medical director at Dr Martin Luther King Clinic in Accra and an external examiner at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is a retired lecturer and former Head of Chemical Pathology Department of University of Ghana Medical School. [1]
Owusu is married with 5 children. [1]
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