Victor Owusu

Victor Owusu (* 1923 in Ghana, † December 16, 2000 in London) was a leading politician and lawyer in Ghana. Owusu had twice held the position as the next Attorney General ( Attorney General ), the office of the Foreign Minister of Ghana ( Minister for Foreign Affairs ). He belonged to the ethnic group of Ashanti, one of the Akan people.

Career

As a leading opposition politician Owusu was arrested in the regime of Kwame Nkrumah without trial.

After the coup, the National Liberation Council ( NCL) against Owusu Kwame Nkrumah in 1966 entrusted with the high government office of the Attorney General ( Attorney General ). Owusu had previously been Chairman of the Ghana Bar Association.

In 1969, Owusu was twice successor of Patrick Dankwa Anin on the post of foreign minister. This change of the incumbent is to explain, among other things with the political upheaval of 1969. In October of 1969, was formed from the NCL, the Presidential Commission ( Presidential Commission ), chaired by first Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa and then from 1970 by Nii Amaa Ollennu. Furthermore, in 1969 parliamentary elections were held from which the later Prime Minister Kofi Busia Abrefa emerged as the winner on August 29.

The first term on the items Owusus the Minister of Foreign Affairs began in 1969 and ended a few months later. The second term Owusus began a few months after his first term, again in 1969 and ended in the tenure of Prime Minister Busia in 1971. His Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in this second term, John Agyekum Kufuor, President of Ghana since 1997.

In the presidential elections of 1979 Owusu entered for the Popular Front Party (PFP ), the successor party of the ruling party of the Second Republic, the Progress Party (PP ) of Busia to eventual President Hilla Aeschlimann on. He was defeated in these elections is among the ten candidates were passing by Aeschlimann and was able to almost 30 percent of the vote together account for.

In the 1989 elections Owusu was a prominent supporter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP ) side.

After the career and family

Owusu lived since 1991 until his death after a long illness in Putney, London, UK. Victor Owusu was married to Agnes Owusu.