Nana Obiri Boahen

Nana Obiri Boahen (born June 24, 1960 , Sunyani-Odumasi, Brong-Ahafo Region , Ghana) is a leading politician and lawyer in Ghana . During the current government reshuffle, Boahen became Minister of State in the Ministry of the Interior under Interior Minister Kwamina Bartels on August 1, 2007.

Boahen attended Sunyani Secondary School and studied law at the University of Ghana and later at the Ghana Law School in Accra. He is active in the international bar association as well as in Amnesty International . As a lawyer, he was a long-time advisor to the representative bodies in the districts of the Brong-Ahafo region. As a youth organizer he was active in the Danquah Busia Club and first chairman of the youth organization of the ruling New Patriotic Party , of which Boahen is a member.

The nomination of Boahen by President John Agyekum Kufuor was very controversial and debated in the Ghanaian press.

Footnotes

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See also

• List of Ghanaian politicians
• Government of Kufuor

Web links

• Official government website ( Memento of June 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )