NDC Guru, Kwesi Botchwey Has Passed On At Age 79

Former Finance Minister, Professor Kwesi Botchwey has passed on.

He reportedly died today, November 19, 2022, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was seeking medical care.

Professor Botchwey is said to have been receiving medical attention at the hospital in the last few days.

According to some sources, the erstwhile NDC appointee died on Saturday, November 19, 2022, after a short illness.

Kwesi Botchwey (13 September 1944 – 19 November 2022) was a Ghanaian former government official and Professor of Practice in Development Economics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.

Dr. Botchwey was Minister for Finance and Economic Planning from 1982 to 1995. He was appointed by Jerry Rawlings to assist in stabilizing Ghana’s collapsed economy.

He received his secondary school education at the Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School in Ghana. Botchwey holds an LL.B. from the University of Ghana, an LL.M from Yale Law School, and a doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School. He taught at the University of Zambia, the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and the University of Ghana.