Edward Omane Boamah
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Edward Omane Boamah in 2015
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| Minister for Communications | |
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In office 14 February 2013 – January 2017 |
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| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Preceded by | Haruna Iddrisu |
| Succeeded by | Ursula Owusu-Ekuful |
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| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana |
| Profession | Medical Practitioner |
Edward Kofi Omane Boamah is a Medical Practitioner and a Ghanaian Politician who served as the Minister for Communications. He was appointed in February 2013 by President John Mahama after the Ghanaian general election in December 2012, Spokesperson to the President of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama from August 2014 to January 2017. Prior to this appointments, he was assigned the responsibility of coordinating Ghana's participation in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON 2013).
From 2009 to 2012, he served as a Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology and later Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport in the administration of President John Evans Attah-Mills and National Democratic Congress’s Deputy Campaign Coordinator in the 2012 general elections. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD).
Omane Boamah is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He is an alumnus of the Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary in Koforidua, Ghana and the University of Ghana Medical School, where he trained as a Medical Doctor. He did a stint at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. As a student he served students’ body as the: President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Coordinating Secretary of the Federation of Ghana Medical Students Association (FGMSA). He also served as a member of the WHO volunteers monitoring the 2004 Expanded Programme on Immunisation in the Asuagyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana and also a member of the Medical Rescue team for the “May 9, 2001 Stadium Disaster” in Ghana.
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