Lee Ocran Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon
Lee Ocran
Constituency Mp:Jomoro
Parliament:Ghana
Majority:1,665
Term Start:January 2005
Term End:January 2009
Predecessor:Joseph Emmanuel Ackah
Successor:Samia Nkrumah
Office2:Ghanaian High Commissioner to Pretoria
Term End2:February 2012
Predecessor2:Jimmy Ben Heymann
Successor2:Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee
Office3:Minister for Education
Term Start3:February 2012
Term End3:February 2013
President3:John Atta Mills
Predecessor3:Betty Mould-Iddrisu
Successor3:Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Birth Date:c. 1945
Birth Place:Nawule, Jomoro District, Ghana
Death Place:Accra, Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:National Democratic Congress

Lee Tandoh Ocran[1] (born about 1945; died 21 February 2019) was a Ghanaian politician who served as Minister for Education of Ghana from 2012 to 2013. Ocran was appointed Minister by President John Atta Mills in February 2012 in a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Betty Mould-Iddrisu from the government and the sacking of Martin Amidu.[2] [3] [4]

Career

In 2000 he was Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology.[5] He was the former Minister for Education from 2012 to 2013. He was sworn in as a board chairman of VRA in February 2014.[6] He was also the former High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa.[7]

Early life

Since January 2005 as candidate from the National Democratic Congress he was Member of Parliament for the Jomoro constituency[8] until he lost his seat to the daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah of the Convention People's Party in the December 2008 parliamentary election.[9] In February 2014 Ocran was sworn in as board chairman of Volta River Authority.[10] On he described the Bui Dam as a White Elephant (extravagant but burdensome gift).[11]

Personal life

He was a Christian and worshiped as a Catholic. He was married with three children.[12]

Death

He died at the age of 74 after battling with illnesses.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ephson, Ben . Elections '92 . 1992.
  2. Web site: Mills tasks new ministers to excel . 1 April 2012 . 24 February 2012 . General News . Ghana Home Page.
  3. Web site: E.T. Mensah Takes Over Education. General News. Ghana Home Page. 1 April 2012.
  4. Web site: President Mills Relieves Attorney-General Of His Post . 1 April 2012 . Ghana government.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=QN9mAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Launching+the+programme%2C+The+Deputy+Minister+of+Environment+Science+and+Technology%2C+Mr+Lee+Ocran+said+the%22&pg=PA17 Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology
  6. Web site: 1970-01-01. Lee Ocran finally laid to rest. 2020-08-03. www.ghanaweb.com. en.
  7. Web site: Lee Ocran passes on. 2020-08-03. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  8. Web site: Lee Ocran, Former Minister of Education. 2020-08-03. www.ghanaweb.com.
  9. Web site: Parliamentary Results Jomoro (Western Region) . 1 April 2012 . Parliamentary election results . Ghana Home Page.
  10. http://www.ghanacrusader.com/vra-board-chairman-inaugurates-expensive-private-villa-hometown/ Volta River Authority
  11. Web site: Ghana News - Bui Dam was engineering disaster-Lee Ocran . 2016-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815121115/http://www.ghana-news.adomonline.com/news/2015/may-13th/bui-dam-was-engineering-disaster-lee-ocran.php . 2016-08-15 . dead .
  12. Web site: Former Education Minister, Lee Ocran Laid To Rest. 2020-08-03. Modern Ghana. en.
  13. Web site: 2019-04-14. Former Education Minister Lee Ocran laid to rest. 2020-08-03. Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. en-US.