Reo Addai Basoah

Reo Addai Basoah (1936 – 30 July 2002) was a Ghanaian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Kumawu constituency of the Ashanti Region. He was a member of the second and third parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was also the chairman of the Finance Committee of the Parliament of Ghana in 1997 until he became the member of parliament after winning in the 1996 general elections.

Basoah died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on 30 July 2002 after a short illness.

Early life and education Basoah was born in 1936. He studied at Cambridge Technical College in London. He also studied at Yale University before proceeding to King's College in Cambridge to pursue a course in Economics. In 1962 he became Barrister-at-Law in Lincoln's Inn. Basoah also worked as an economist at the Commonwealth Economic Committee in London and at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. from 1965 to 1972.

Death Basoah died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in the Greater Accra Region, on 30 July 2002. He had been admitted three days earlier following a short illness.