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Kwaku Danso-Boafo (Alex Kwaku Danso-Boafo) was born on 23 November, 1949 in Abomosu, Atiwa District, Akyem Abuakwa, is a Ghanaian academic, diplomat and politician. Discover Kwaku Danso-Boafo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Alex Kwaku Danso-Boafo
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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 23 November 1949
Birthday 23 November
Birthplace Abomosu, Atiwa District, Akyem Abuakwa
Nationality Ghana

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1949

Alex Kwaku Danso-Boafo (born 23 November 1949) is a Ghanaian academic, diplomat and politician.

He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.

Danso-Boafo was born on 23 November 1949 at Abomosu a town in the Atiwa West District, Eastern Region of Ghana.

He had his secondary school education at Ofori Panin Secondary School in New Tafo and at the Winneba College of Education.

1976

He attended Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976.

1977

He proceeded to the Northeastern University, completing a Master of Public Administration degree (MPA) in 1977.

1980

Kwaku Danso-Boafo married his first wife Carol, in 1980 and had a son, Kwabena.

1981

He also received a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from Howard University, Washington, D.C. in 1981.

His doctoral thesis was titled The Political Biography of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia , a Ghanaian politician who was the second Prime Minister of Ghana.

1982

Danso-Boafo started his academic career in 1982 as a lecturer in the University of Ghana, Legon where he taught at the Department of Political Science and later the School of Administration now University of Ghana Business School.

From 1982 to 1985, he played several roles in the university including serving as the General Secretary of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Legon Chapter and a member of the national UTAG executive committee.

Within that same period, he was a fellow of Akuafo Hall and a member of the University Admissions Committee.

Danso-Boafo also took on other teaching assignments including serving as a visiting lecturer at the Rural Development College which is now the Institute of Local Government Studies at Madina and Ghana Armed Forces Staff College at Teshie.

1986

Danso-Boafo moved to the United States to teach at the Atlanta University, later Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia from 1986 to 1997 and from 2001 to 2005.

1989

At the university, Danso-Boafo assumed several roles, most notably serving as the Head of Department of Public Administration from 1989 to 1990 and Head of the Post-Graduate Program in International Affairs and Development from 1991 to 1997 and for a second tenure from 2002 to 2005.

He later married Judith Koranteng in 1989.

They have two children, Kwadjo Sintim Misa born in November 1989, and Adjoa Difie born in January 1992.

1992

He was the president of the Association of Ghanaians in Atlanta from 1992 and 1994.

He is an advisory council member of the Walter Rodney Foundation.

Danso-Boafo is a member of the American Society for Public Administration, American Public Health Association, Academy of Political Science, African Studies Association, Association of Third World Studies and International Development Association.

1994

In 1994, Danso-Boafo attained the academic rank of Associate Professor.

Danso-Boafo is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He also has a son born in December 1994 with Rosalind Arthur.

He later re-married Dorothy Owusu-Ankoma, wife number two, with whom he has no children.

1997

Between 1997 and January 2000, he served as Ghana's Ambassador to Cuba with concurrent accreditation to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua and Panama.

In 1997, he took a break from lecturing to serve as Ghana's Ambassador to Cuba with concurrent and multiple accreditation to Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Panama.

2000

He also served as the Minister of Health from January 2000 to February 2001 and Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland from 2009 to 2014.

In January 2000, Danso-Boafo was appointed by President Jerry Rawlings to serve as Minister for Health taking over from Samuel Nuamah Donkor.

In his role as the Minister of Health, Danso-Boafo attended several international forums and health summits, such as the 2000 World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on which occasion he was elected to chair the World Health Organization (WHO) discourse on health systems.

Others included the Roll Back Malaria Summit in Abuja, Nigeria in April 2000, the Global Symposium on Health and Welfare Systems Development in the 21st Century in Kobe, Japan in November 2000, where he presented a paper titled "A case study of Health and Welfare Reform in Ghana".

At the party level, he was assigned to the NDC's Manifesto Drafting and Constitutional committees in 2000.

His party however lost power in the December 2000 elections which meant the end of his ministerial work in January 2001 when the new government assumed office.

2001

He also participated in the summit meeting on HIV/AIDS in Abuja, Nigeria in April 2001 and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) summit on Least Developed Countries (LDC) in Brussels, Belgium in May 2001.

2009

In January 2009 after his party won the 2008 elections, he was given a role to serve as a member of John Atta Mills' transition team working under the International Relations sub-committee.

He was later appointed by John Evans Atta Mills to serve as Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

2012

On 20 September 2012, Danso-Boafo was honoured at the launch of the Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards 2012 for his service to the Ghanaian community in the United Kingdom and for his years of service and support to the awards scheme.

2013

On 11 December 2013, he was honoured as a fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons for his contribution to medical education and research at the postgraduate level.

Danso-Boafo has worked on research works within the political science, history, governance and health care.

2014

He served in that role until 2014 when he was succeeded by Victor Emmanuel Smith.

2019

In October 2019, Danso-Boafo was appointed as the chairman of the NDC's 2020 Manifesto Committee with several notable people serving as members of the committee including Haruna Iddrisu, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and Nana Oye Lithur.