Krobo Edusei

Krobo Edusei (26 December 1914 – 13 February 1984)[1][2] was a Ghanaian politician and a high-profile member of Kwame Nkrumah's government. He was a popular, outspoken and prominent Ashanti activist and at the forefront of the Ghanaian independence movement, galvanising support amongst the Ashantis for Nkrumah's independence movement. He served as Minister without Portfolio, Minister for Agriculture,[3] Minister for Transport and Communication and Minister for the Interior under Nkrumah.

Krobo Edusei with David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv

After Nkrumah - PNP and Limann

Following the overthrow of Nkrumah's government, Edusei was imprisoned and subsequently released. He continued to be politically active and very influential as a senior member of the People's National Party (PNP), a party formed from the ashes of Nkrumaist CPP; and when the PNP went on to win Ghana's second (the first was won by Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia) post-Nkrumah elections, Edusei became a powerful figure in Hilla Limann's government. Following the 1981 overthrow of the Limann government, Edusei was again imprisoned, He was released in 1983 and died of complications from diabetes soon after.

Family

Krobo Edusei married three times and had numerous children who remain active in the Ghanaian business world. The more well known of his children include prominent millionaire Ghanaian businessman and ports operator, Yaw Krobo Edusei, Lucy Lamptey, former legal director of the Ghanaian government agency Social Security and National Insurance Trust, property entrepreneur and former Coca-Cola executive, Comfort Emden and Catherine Krobo Edusei, entrepreneur, owner and CEO of the Eden Tree brand.

References
  1. Britannica world data - Google Books. Retrieved 2012-01-10 – via Google Books.
  2. Ghana year book - Google Books. 1981-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-10 – via Google Books.
  3. "Former Heads of MoFA". Official website. Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
Political offices
New title Minister without portfolio
1957		 Assigned portfolio
Preceded by
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei		 Minister for the Interior
1957 – 1958		 Succeeded by
A. E. Inkumsah
Preceded by
?		 Minister for Transport and Communications
? – ?		 Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Lawrence Rosario Abavana		 Minister for Agriculture
1963 – 1965		 Succeeded by
F. A. Jantuah


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