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Ghanaian soldier and politician
Kwame Asante
Commissioner for Transport
In office
1973–1974
PresidentColonel I. K. Acheampong
Preceded byLt. Colonel Anthony Selormey
Succeeded byColonel P. K. Agyekum
Commissioner for Labour, Social welfare and Cooperatives
In office
1972–1973
PresidentColonel I. K. Acheampong
Preceded byWilliam Godson Bruce-Konuah
Succeeded byMajor Kwame Agbo
Personal details
Died3 April 1990
CitizenshipGhanaian
Military service
AllegianceGhana Armed Forces
Branch/serviceGhana Army
RankMajor

Kwame Asante is a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He served in the National Redemption Council military government until his resignation in 1974.

Following the coup d'état on 13 January 1972, he was appointed the Commissioner for Labour, Social welfare and Cooperatives led by Colonel Acheampong. In 1973, he was transferred to the Ministry of Transport which he headed until April 1974 when he resigned from government.

Asante was one of several people whose assets were returned to them during the Kufuor government era. These assets had been seized during the purge by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military government led by Flight Lt. Jerry Rawlings when it ruled Ghana for four months in 1979.

Asante had three children with his wife Leticia. He had four additional children with three other women. He died intestate on 3 April 1990 following a road traffic collision.

See also

References

  1. Jubilee Ghana : a 50-year news journey thro' graphic. Accra: Graphic. 2006. ISBN 9988809786.
  2. "Asante Resigns". Ghana News. 6 (6/74): 2. 30 April 1974. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. "Four Former Heads Of State, 133 Others Get Back Assets". Modern Ghana. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. "IN RE ASANTE (DECD.) ASANTE AND ANOTHER v. OWUSU [1992] 1 GLR 119–129COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA2 APRIL 1992". studylib.net. 2 April 1992. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
Political offices
Preceded byLt. Col. Selormey Commissioner for Transport
1973 – 1974 		Succeeded byColonel P. K. Agyekum
Preceded byWilliam Godson Bruce-Konuah Commissioner for Labour, Social welfare and Cooperatives
1972 – 1973 		Succeeded byMajor Kwame Agbo


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