Isaac Chinebuah Explained

Isaac K. Chinebuah
Order:20th
Office:Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
Term Start:1979
Term End:1981
Predecessor:Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi
Successor:Dr. Obed Asamoah
Constituency:Nzema East
(now Ellembelle in 4th Republic)
Birth Date:7 October 1929
Birth Place:Tarkwa
Death Place:Accra, Ghana
Party:People's National Party
Spouse:Jane Chinebuah
Children:8
Occupation:Academic

Dr.Isaac K. Chinebuah (7 October 1929 – 8 June 2006)[1] was an academic and the foreign minister in the People's National Party (PNP) government of the Third Republic of Ghana.

Career

Dr. Chinebuah was a former headmaster of Achimota School from 1963 to 1966[2] and also a former lecturer at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana, Legon.[3] He was a Minister for Education and Information in Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party government in the First Republic of Ghana.

Dr. Chinebuah became the Member of Parliament for Nzema East (now Ellembelle) constituency after the 1979 elections. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the PNP government by Dr. Hilla Limann in the Third Republic from 1979 until its overthrow in a coup d'état on December 31, 1981.[3] He became the running mate to Dr. Hilla Limann during the 1992 presidential election.

He died at the age of 78 on June 8, 2006.[2] He was married to Jane Chinebuah.[3] He had eight children.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Index Ch . Rulers Online.
  2. Web site: Chinebuah's Death Announced . 29 June 2006 . 2007-04-10. NewTimesOnline . New Times Corporation.
  3. News: Delegation informs Kufuor of Chinebuah's funeral . 2007-04-18 . General News of Wednesday, 28 June 2006 . Ghana Home Page.