DR. Kofi Abrefa Busia

Presidency October 1969 – 13th January, 1972 : Prime Minister Personal Information Date of Birth : 11th July, 1913. Place of Birth: Wenchi- Brong Ahafo Region (B/A) Date of Death : 28th August, 1978. Educational Background of Dr. K.A. Busia Methodist School, Wrenchi Brong Ahafo Region. Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast. 1931 – 32 Wesley College, Kumasi Ashanti Region. 1935 Left Wesley College to Achimota. 1936 – 39 Teacher, Achimota College, gained first degree with (Hons) in Medievial and History from the University of London. 1941 Oxford University – BA (Hons.) (Oxon) Politics Philosophy and Economics, MA (Oxon) PHD Social Anthropology. His Political and Public Life 1942 – 49 Appointed District Commissioner 1949 – 54 Appointed first lecturer in African Studies. 1951 Elected by the Ashanti Confederacy to the legislative Council. 1952 Leader of the Ghana Congress Party 1961 – 66 Senior Member of St. Anthony’s College, University of Oxford. March 1966 Return to Ghana, and appointed Chairman of National Advisory Committee of the NLC. 1967 – 68 Chairman, Centre for Civic Education 1968 Members Constitutional Review Committee 1969 Progress Party (PP) won the Parliamentary election. October, 1969 Sworn in as Prime Minister of the Second Republic. He introduced the Alien's Compliance Order and authorised the devaluation of the cedis by 44 %. August 1978 Died and Buried