Kwame Addo-Kufuor

Kwame Addo Kufuor, (born 14 July 1940 in Kumasi ) until July 31, 2007, defense minister of Ghana and member of the Ghanaian Parliament for the constituency Manhyia. He comes from the Ashanti region. He is the brother of President John Agyekum Kufuor.

Training

He was a student of Achimota School and studied medicine at the University College Hospital Medical School in London.

In 1970 he made ​​in medicine at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom its conclusion. He continued his studies at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom in 1975 and subsequently worked in several hospitals in the UK such as the West Suffolk General Hospital, Edmonds; St. Charles Hospital, London; Old Church Hospital, Essex and St. Helhers Hospital London.

Positions as a medical

He holds a doctorate doctor Addo - Kufuor had held a variety of positions, in particular he was a member of the Association of Medical Students of Jesus ( Medical Students Association of Jesus College) in Cambridge; former Chairman of the Jesus College United Nations Students Association; National President of the Ghana Medical Association, and a representative for West Africa at the Confederation of African Medical Associations ( Confederation of African Medical Associations). Addo - Kufuor was inspector of the bachelor's degree in medicine at the University of Ghana Medical School and a member of the Board of Examiners for foreign doctors, who apply for a job in Ghana.

Positions as politicians

Addo - Kufuor was Gefängnisrat in Ghana ( Prisons Council of Ghana) involved. He was also a member of the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP ) and Chairman of the Health Committee of the NPP.

He is a member of the health committee. Addo - Kufuor was a doctor in the hospital in Kumasi, Kufuor and part-time professor at the School of Medical Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

His position as defense minister, he gave up in July 2007 in order to compete as a candidate of the NPP in the 2008 presidential election as the successor of his brother John Agyekum Kufuor can.

Publications

• Safe Motherhood in the Upper West Region of Ghana, GMA Publication, Editor,
• Propranolol, diazepam, and Their Combination in the Management of Chronic Anxiety in the Ghanaian patient, Health For All by the Year 2000, Ghana Medical Journal a 1993-94 Volume 27-28.