Francis Kwame Buah was a Ghanaian historian, educationist, author and politician. He was the
Minister for Education
An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and deli ...
of
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
between 1980 and 1981 and the Minister for Trade and Tourism prior to that. He authored a number of history text books.
Educational career
Buah was the headteacher of the Tema Senior High School (formerly Tema Secondary School) in Ghana.
Politics
In 1979, Buah was appointed by
Hilla Limann
Hilla Limann, (12 December 1934 – 23 January 1998) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served as the eighth president of Ghana from 1979 to 1981. He previously served as a diplomat in Lomé and in Geneva.
Education
Limann, whose origi ...
, who was the president of Ghana as the Minister for Trade and Industry.
In 1980, he was moved to be the Minister for Education. He held this position until the
Limann government
This is a listing of the ministers who served in Limann's People's National Party government during the Third Republic of Ghana. The Third Republic was inaugurated on 24 September 1979. It ended with the coup on 31 December 1981, which brought t ...
was overthrown by the
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) was a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s. While the AFRC briefly controlled the country in 1998, it was driven from the ca ...
led by
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings (born Jerry Rawlings John; 22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator, and politician who led the country briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1993 and then se ...
in December 1981. He has published many history text books. The last, "Government in West Africa" was published when he was 83 years old.
Publications
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References
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Year of birth missing
2006 deaths
Ministers for education of Ghana
Trade ministers of Ghana
People's National Party (Ghana) politicians
20th-century Ghanaian politicians
20th-century historians