Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah

Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah
Minister for Interior
In office
October 1981 – December 1981
President Hilla Limann
Preceded by Ekow Daniels
Succeeded by Asiedu Yirenkyi
Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic
In office
late – 1980s
President Jerry Rawlings
Ambassador to Brazil
In office
early – 1960s
President Kwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born Kwame Antoa Onyinaa Jantuah
(1922-12-21)21 December 1922
Kumasi, Ghana
Died 3 February 2011(2011-02-03) (aged 88)
Accra, Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Political party Convention People's Party
Other political
affiliations		 People's National Party

Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah, originally known as John Ernest Kwame Antoa Onyina Jantuah, was a Ghanaian politician, lawyer and diplomat. He was the last survivor from the first all-African cabinet set up by Kwame Nkrumah in the Gold Coast prior to independence.[1]

Jantuah was born at Kejetia, a suburb of Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. When he was baptised on 19 May 1934, he was given the Christian names John and Ernest at the St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kumasi. In 1936, he proceeded to the St. Theres's Junior Seminary at Amissano, near Elmina for training. He was known formally as John Ernest Jantuah until 21 December 1962 when he changed his name to Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah. He was one of many Ghanaians to receive national awards on 6 July 2007 in Accra.[2]

He served as the Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in the 1950s, the first resident Ambassador to France[3] and the Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic in the late 1980s during the PNDC era.[4] He was also the ambassador to Brazil during the Nkrumah era.[2]

Jantuah served as a cabinet minister in the Nkrumah government of the first republic[5] and as the Interior Minister during the Limann government.

Jantuah died after a short illness in Accra on 3 February 2011.[6]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Structure of economy must change -- Woode". Business News of Thursday, 21 November 2002. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. 1 2 Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah (2009-03-30). "K.S-P JANTUAH SETS THE RECORDS STRAIGHT!". Feature article. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  3. ↑ Nana Kojo Agyeman Jantuah
  4. ↑ "NINETEENTH UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE (FOURTH EUROPEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR)". United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  5. ↑ "CPP outlines independence anniversary programme". ThinkGhana.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  6. ↑ "One of CPP's founding fathers, K.F.P Jantuah is dead". MyJoyOnline. 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-23.

See also

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
?		 Ambassador to Brazil
1962 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?		 Ambassador to German Democratic Republic
1988 		Succeeded by
?
Political offices
Preceded by
Ekow Daniels		 Minister for Interior
1981 		Succeeded by
Asiedu Yirenkyi
Preceded by
?		 Minister for Justice (Gold Coast)
1951–1954 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?		 Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture (Gold Coast)
1954–1956 		Succeeded by
B. Yeboah-Afari


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