Former Finance Minister, Mr Kwesi Botchwey, is reportedly dead. His demise occurred today, 19 November 2022, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving medical care.
Dr Kwesi Botchwey, believed to be Ghana’s longest-serving Finance Minister, died following a short illness.
Kwesi Botchwey initially served as Minister for Finance and Economic Planning under the military era of the late Jerry John Rawlings(Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from 1982 to 1991. He continued to serve as a finance Minister during the constitutional period of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 1992 to 1995.
He was born on 3 September 1944 and died at age 78.
He served as a member and chairman of the IMF‘s Group of Independent Experts, which conducted the first-ever external evaluation of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility. He was an advisor to the United Nations Development Programmes Special Initiative on Africa. He was also an advisor to the European Centre For Development Policy Management(ECDPM).
Dr Kwesi Botchwey received his secondary education at the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School. He later had his LLB from the University of Ghana, an LLM from Yale Law School and a Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School.
He taught at the University of Zambia, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Ghana.
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