Kwame Baah

Colonel Kwame R. M. Baah (21 May 1938 – 8 April 1997) was a soldier and politician. He was the Ghanaian foreign minister between 1972 and 1975.

Colonel (then Major) Kwame Baah was appointed minister for foreign affairs after the government of Kofi Abrefa Busia was overthrown in a coup d'état on 13 January 1972. This replaced the Progress Party government with the National Redemption Council. He was then appointed foreign minister by General (then Colonel) Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in 1972, a position he held till 1975.

Early life and education

Baah was born on 21 May 1938 in Dormaa Ahenkro, in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). He enrolled at Prempeh College in 1953 and graduated in 1958. He joined Royal Officers' Specialist Training School, Teshie, in 1963. A year later, he was appointed second-in-command of the Second and Fifth Battalions, a position held until 1971. He was later promoted to the post of lieutenant-colonel, and appointed Commissioner of Lands and Mineral Resources in 1972. This was never carried out. His successor as foreign minister, Col. Roger Felli was however executed along with five other army officers on 26 June 1979.

Personal life

Baah married Esther Ayew on 21 May 1966. Together, they had three daughters. His hobbies included squash and tennis. He died on 8 April 1997.