John Bogolo Erzuah

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

John Bogolo Erzuah
Ghana Ambassador to Ivory Coast
In office 1964–1966
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	J. K. A. Quarshie
Ghana Ambassador to France
In office 1962–1964
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah
Succeeded by	J. E. Bossman[1]
Ghana High Commissioner to Egypt
In office 1959–1960
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded by	Cobina Kessie
Ghana High Commissioner to India
In office 1957–1959
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded by	Nana Kwabena Kena II[2]
Personal details
Born	John Bogolo Erzuah 1914 Takinta, Gold Coast
Nationality	Ghanaian
Alma mater	St. Augustine's College
Occupation	Diplomat

Early Life and education

John 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

He 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]

Politics and ambassodorial posts

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.

He 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.

See also

• Nkrumah government
• Minister for Education (Ghana)

References

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