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John Bogolo Erzuah (1914–c. 1979) was a Ghanaian diplomat, politician and teacher. He served as a minister of state in 1956, and also represented Ghana in various foreign missions from 1957 to 1966.
Early life and education
Erzuah 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.
Career
Erzuah joined the St. Augustine's College staff after training as a teacher, and he became headmaster of Ghana College, Esiama, Western region.
In 1951, he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Ankobra. 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. 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. In July 1956, he became a minister without portfolio for the Ministry of External Affairs.
Erzuah was appointed Ghana's high commissioner to India in 1957. He served in this capacity for two years. In 1959 he was made Ghana's high commissioner to Egypt. He served in this capacity until 1960. In 1962 he served as Ghana's ambassador to France and in 1964 he became Ghana's ambassador to the Ivory Coast until 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown by the NLC.
Personal life
In 1979, it was noted that Erzuah had recently died.
See also
Nkrumah government
Minister for Education (Ghana)
References
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- John Bogolo Erzuah
- St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast)
- Nkrumah government
- List of MLAs elected in the 1951 Gold Coast general election
- C. T. Nylander
- List of MLAs elected in the 1956 Gold Coast general election
- J. H. Allassani
- List of MLAs elected in the 1954 Gold Coast general election
