Kwaku Boateng (politician)

The Honourable Kwaku Boateng
Minister for Education
In office 1964–1966
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Alfred Jonas Dowuona Hammond
Minister for Interior
In office 1961–1964
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah
Succeeded by	Laurence Abavana
Minister for Information
Personal details
Born	c. 1926
Died	1 May 2006 (aged 80) Cape Town
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	Convention People's Party
Spouse(s)	Mrs. Eleanor Boateng
Children	Paul Boateng
Profession	Barrister, Evangelist
Religion	Christianity

Kwaku Boateng (c. 1926 – 1 May 2006) was a Ghanaian barrister, politician, Christian evangelist and cabinet minister.

Kwaku Boateng was a member of the Convention People's Party and served in various capacities in the Nkrumah government. He was Information Minister and in 1961, became Interior Minister. He was Education Minister under Kwame Nkrumah from May 1964.

After the 24 February 1966 coup d'état by the National Liberation Council, he along with other members of the government went into exile. He went to the United Kingdom with his family.

While Minister of Education, He opened the Bible House, headquarters of the Bible Society of Ghana on behalf of Kwame Nkrumah in 1965. He was a trustee of the Bible Society until his death. Towards the end of his political career, Boateng became an evangelist.

Paul Boateng, a British Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, is his son. Kwaku Boateng's wife was Mrs. Eleanor Boateng who was Scottish.

Kwaku Boateng died on 1 May 2006 at Paul's home in Cape Town, South Africa during Paul's stint as High Commissioner to South Africa. He was 80 years old.

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