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'''Justice Akuamoa Boateng''' was a ghanaian civil servant and politician. He served as a deputy minister of state in the [[Busia government|second republic]].
==Education==
Justice had his secondary education at [[Mfantsipim School]], [[Cape Coast]]. He continued at the Local Government Training School in [[Accra]]. He went on to [[Exeter University]] to study Government and Public Administration. He received his Post-graduate Diploma in 1956 from the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Holland, under the Netherlands Universities for International Co-operation (N.U.F.F.I.C.) fellowship.<ref name="J. A. BOATENG">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
Justice returned to Ghana after his post graduate studies and was appointed clerk of Adansi Banka district council in 1957. He served in the council for two years and joined the Ghana Diplomatic Service (ministry of foreign/external affairs) where he worked for ten years (from 1959 to 1969).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> There, he worked as an advisor in the ministry<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and also served in a number of diplomatic missions, some of which include missions in [[Monrovia]] (where he was mentioned in a trial of seven young [[Liberian]]s who were charged with sedition arising out of a plot to overthrow the then head of state of Liberia; President Tubman in September, 1961)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and [[Moscow]]. In April 1978, he was a member of the Ghanaian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Conference that was held in [[Teheran]], [[Iran]]. Later in the same year, he became the liaison officer between the Ghana Government and the United Nations on the Human Rights Conference on "Civic and Political Education of Women" which was held in [[Accra]], and chaired by Justice [[Annie Jiagge]], an Appeal Court Judge.<ref name="J. A. BOATENG"/> He once served on the board of the [[Ghana News Agency]] in the early 1990s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Politics==
Prior to the inception of the second republic, Justice served in the 1969 Constituent Assembly. Following the Parliamentary elections of August 1969, Justice was elected a member of parliament for [[Obuasi]], the Gold mining District in the [[Ashanti Region]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Later that year he was appointed Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Local Government. He served together with Dr. [[John Kofi Fynn]] in this position until 1972 when the [[Busia government]] was overthrown.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He was incaserated with other top government officials of the Progress Party by the then military government as a political prisoner. He was released after serving 15 months in prison.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="J. A. BOATENG"/>
In 1996 he contested for the Obuasi seat in parliament on the ticket of the [[National Patriotic Party]] but lost to John Kofi Gyasi of the [[National Democratic Congress]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Publication==
After his release from prison in 1973 Justice worked as a free lance writer. In 1977 he published a book entitled; ''Your New Local Authorities''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="J. A. BOATENG"/>
==See also==
* [[List of MPs elected in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election]]
* [[Busia government]]
==References==
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Akan people]]
[[Category:Ghanaian MPs 1969–1972]]
[[Category:Mfantsipim School alumni]][[Category:Alumni of the University of Ghana]]
[[Category:Progress Party (Ghana) politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Ghanaian politicians]]
[[Category:Ghanaian men]]
==Education==
Justice had his secondary education at [[Mfantsipim School]], [[Cape Coast]]. He continued at the Local Government Training School in [[Accra]]. He went on to [[Exeter University]] to study Government and Public Administration. He received his Post-graduate Diploma in 1956 from the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Holland, under the Netherlands Universities for International Co-operation (N.U.F.F.I.C.) fellowship.<ref name="J. A. BOATENG">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
Justice returned to Ghana after his post graduate studies and was appointed clerk of Adansi Banka district council in 1957. He served in the council for two years and joined the Ghana Diplomatic Service (ministry of foreign/external affairs) where he worked for ten years (from 1959 to 1969).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> There, he worked as an advisor in the ministry<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and also served in a number of diplomatic missions, some of which include missions in [[Monrovia]] (where he was mentioned in a trial of seven young [[Liberian]]s who were charged with sedition arising out of a plot to overthrow the then head of state of Liberia; President Tubman in September, 1961)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and [[Moscow]]. In April 1978, he was a member of the Ghanaian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Conference that was held in [[Teheran]], [[Iran]]. Later in the same year, he became the liaison officer between the Ghana Government and the United Nations on the Human Rights Conference on "Civic and Political Education of Women" which was held in [[Accra]], and chaired by Justice [[Annie Jiagge]], an Appeal Court Judge.<ref name="J. A. BOATENG"/> He once served on the board of the [[Ghana News Agency]] in the early 1990s.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Politics==
Prior to the inception of the second republic, Justice served in the 1969 Constituent Assembly. Following the Parliamentary elections of August 1969, Justice was elected a member of parliament for [[Obuasi]], the Gold mining District in the [[Ashanti Region]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Later that year he was appointed Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Local Government. He served together with Dr. [[John Kofi Fynn]] in this position until 1972 when the [[Busia government]] was overthrown.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He was incaserated with other top government officials of the Progress Party by the then military government as a political prisoner. He was released after serving 15 months in prison.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="J. A. BOATENG"/>
In 1996 he contested for the Obuasi seat in parliament on the ticket of the [[National Patriotic Party]] but lost to John Kofi Gyasi of the [[National Democratic Congress]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Publication==
After his release from prison in 1973 Justice worked as a free lance writer. In 1977 he published a book entitled; ''Your New Local Authorities''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="J. A. BOATENG"/>
==See also==
* [[List of MPs elected in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election]]
* [[Busia government]]
==References==
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Akan people]]
[[Category:Ghanaian MPs 1969–1972]]
[[Category:Mfantsipim School alumni]][[Category:Alumni of the University of Ghana]]
[[Category:Progress Party (Ghana) politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Ghanaian politicians]]
[[Category:Ghanaian men]]
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