Victor Owusu

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Victor Owusu (* 1923 in Ghana ; † December 16, 2000 in London ) was one of the leading politicians and lawyers in Ghana. In addition to his position as Attorney-General, Owusu also held the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghanas twice. He belonged to the Ashanti ethnic group , an Akan people.

Career

As a leading opposition politician, Owusu was imprisoned without a trial in the Kwame Nkrumah regime .

After the coup of the National Liberation Council (NCL) against Kwame Nkrumah, Owusu was entrusted with the high office of the Attorney-General in 1966 . Owusu had previously been chairman of the Ghanaian Bar Association.

In 1969 Owusu succeeded Patrick Dankwa Anin to the post of Foreign Minister twice . This change in office holder can be explained, among other things, with the political upheaval in 1969. In October 1969, the Presidential Commission ( Presidential Commission ) was formed from the NCL, chaired first by Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa and then from 1970 by Nii Amaa Ollennu . Furthermore, parliamentary elections were held on August 29, 1969, from which the future Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia emerged as the winner.

Owusu's first term as foreign minister began in 1969 and ended a few months later. Owusu's second term began again a few months after his first term in 1969 and ended with Prime Minister Busia's tenure in 1971. His deputy minister in the State Department was John Agyekum Kufuor , President of Ghana since 1997.

In the presidential election of 1979 Owusu stood for the Popular Front Party (PFP), the successor party to the ruling party of the Second Republic, the Progress Party (PP) of Busia against the later President Hilla Limann . In these elections he was only beaten by Limann among the ten candidates running and was able to collect almost 30 percent of the votes.

In the 1989 elections, Owusu was a prominent supporter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

After career and family

Owusu lived in Putney, London, Great Britain, from 1991 until his death after a serious illness. Victor Owusu was married to Agnes Owusu.

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SURNAME Owusu, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghana
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 2000
Place of death London