Kwame Asante Explained

Kwame Asante
Native Name:instead.-->
Term Start:1973
Term End:1974
Successor:Colonel P. K. Agyekum
Office2:Commissioner for Labour, Social welfare and Cooperatives
Term Start2:1972
Term End2:1973
Death Date:3 April 1990
Citizenship:Ghanaian
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Kwame Asante is a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He served in the National Redemption Council military government until his resignation in 1974.

Following the coup d'état on 13 January 1972, he was appointed the Commissioner for Labour, Social welfare and Cooperatives led by Colonel Acheampong.[1] In 1973, he was transferred to the Ministry of Transport which he headed until April 1974 when he resigned from government.[2]

Asante was one of several people whose assets were returned to them during the Kufuor government era. These assets had been seized during the purge by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military government led by Flight Lt. Jerry Rawlings when it ruled Ghana for four months in 1979.[3]

Asante had three children with his wife Leticia. He had four additional children with three other women. He died intestate on 3 April 1990 following a road traffic collision.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jubilee Ghana : a 50-year news journey thro' graphic. . 2006 . Graphic . Accra . 9988809786.
  2. Asante Resigns . Ghana News . 30 April 1974 . 6 . 6/74 . 2 . 28 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Four Former Heads Of State, 133 Others Get Back Assets . Modern Ghana . 28 December 2021 . en . 22 October 2008.
  4. Web site: IN RE ASANTE (DECD.) ASANTE AND ANOTHER v. OWUSU [1992] 1 GLR 119–129COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA2 APRIL 1992 ]. studylib.net . 28 December 2021 . en . 2 April 1992.