John Bogolo Erzuah Explained

John Bogolo Erzuah
Office:Ghana Ambassador to Ivory Coast
Predecessor:J. K. A. Quarshie
Term Start:1964
Term End:1966
President:Kwame Nkrumah
Office2:Ghana Ambassador to France
Predecessor2:Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah
Successor2:J. E. Bossman[1]
Term Start2:1962
Term End2:1964
President2:Kwame Nkrumah
Office3:Ghana High Commissioner to Egypt
Successor3:Cobina Kessie
Term Start3:1959
Term End3:1960
President3:Kwame Nkrumah
Office4:Ghana High Commissioner to India
Successor4:Nana Kwabena Kena II[2]
Term Start4:1957
Term End4:1959
President4:Kwame Nkrumah
Birth Name:John Bogolo Erzuah
Birth Date:1914
Birth Place:Takinta, Gold Coast
Death Date: 1979
Nationality:Ghanaian
Alma Mater:St. Augustine's College
Occupation:Diplomat

John Bogolo Erzuah (1914– 1979) was a Ghanaian diplomat, politician and teacher. He served as a minister of state in 1956, and also represented Ghana in various foreign missions from 1957 to 1966.

Early life and education

Erzuah was born in 1914 at Takinta a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He was trained as a teacher at St. Augustine's College, Cape Coast and passed his intermediate bachelors.[3] [4] [5]

Career

Erzuah joined the St. Augustine's College staff after training as a teacher, and he became headmaster of Ghana College, Esiama, Western region.[3] [4] [5]

In 1951, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Ankobra.[6] That same year he was appointed ministerial secretary to the ministry of education. He was chairman of the Erzuah committee that was established to review the salaries and service conditions of non government teachers.[7] In 1952, he was a member of the Ghana delegates in the African Education Conference held at Cambridge. He was re-elected as a member of the legislative assembly in 1956 and that same year he was promoted to Minister of Education.[4] In July 1956, he became a minister without portfolio for the Ministry of External Affairs.

Erzuah was appointed Ghana's high commissioner to India in 1957.[3] [8] He served in this capacity for two years. In 1959 he was made Ghana's high commissioner to Egypt.[5] [9] He served in this capacity until 1960. In 1962 he served as Ghana's ambassador to France[10] [11] and in 1964 he became Ghana's ambassador to the Ivory Coast[12] [13] [14] until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown by the NLC.

Personal life

In 1979, it was noted that Erzuah had recently died.[15]

See also

References

  1. West Africa, Issues 2431-2456 . West Africa Publishing Company, Limited . 702 . 1964.
  2. India ... Annual Review . Information Service of India . 141 . 1959.
  3. West Africa . West Africa Publishing Company Limited . 1173 . 1957.
  4. News: Ghana Year Book . Daily Graphic . 141 . 1956.
  5. The Diplomatic Press Directory of the Republic of Ghana, Volume 2 . Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company . 194 . 1960.
  6. Gold Coast . H.M. Stationery Office . 135 . 1953.
  7. Report of the Education Department . Gold Coast. Education Department . 17 . 1954.
  8. The African & Colonial World and the Indian at Home & Overseas, Volumes 5-6 . Independent Publishing Company . 1957.
  9. Ghana, Handbook of Commerce and Industry . H.M. Stationery Office . 31 . 1960.
  10. Ghana Today, Volumes 7 . Information Section, Ghana Office . 3 . 1963.
  11. Book: Steinberg, S. H. . 1963 . The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations . 514. Springer . 9780230270923 .
  12. The Commonwealth Relations office Year Book, Volume 15 . H.M. Stationery Office . 388 . 1966.
  13. Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 211-212 . United States. Central Intelligence Agency . 58 . 1964.
  14. West Africa, Issues 2457-2482 . West Africa Publishing Company, Limited . 1346 . 1964.
  15. Mention of his death. West Africa . 1979 . 3207–3232 . 63 . 4 March 2022 . West Africa Publishing Company Limited.