Hon
Lee Ocran
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Jomoro
In office
January 2005 – January 2009
Preceded byJoseph Emmanuel Ackah
Succeeded bySamia Nkrumah
Majority1,665
Ghanaian High Commissioner to Pretoria
In office
November 2009 – February 2012
Preceded byJimmy Ben Heymann
Succeeded byMartha Ama Akyaa Pobee
Minister for Education
In office
February 2012 – February 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byBetty Mould-Iddrisu
Succeeded byJane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
Personal details
Bornc. 1945
Nawule, Jomoro District, Ghana
Died21 February 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 73–74)
Accra, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Lee Tandoh Ocran[1] (born about 1945; died 21 February 2019) was a Ghanaian politician who served as Minister for Education of Ghana from 2012 to 2013. Ocran was appointed Minister by President John Atta Mills in February 2012 in a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Betty Mould-Iddrisu from the government and the sacking of Martin Amidu.[2][3][4]

Career

In 2000 he was Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology.[5] He was the former Minister for Education from 2012 to 2013. He was sworn in as a board chairman of VRA in February 2014.[6] He was also the former High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa.[7]

Early life

Since January 2005 as candidate from the National Democratic Congress he was Member of Parliament for the Jomoro constituency[8] until he lost his seat to the daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah of the Convention People's Party in the December 2008 parliamentary election.[9] In February 2014 Ocran was sworn in as board chairman of Volta River Authority.[10] On 13 May 2015 he described the Bui Dam as a White Elephant (extravagant but burdensome gift).[11]

Personal life

He was a Christian and worshiped as a Catholic. He was married with three children.[12]

Death

He died at the age of 74 after battling with illnesses.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ephson, Ben (1992). Elections '92.
  2. ↑ "Mills tasks new ministers to excel". General News. Ghana Home Page. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "E.T. Mensah Takes Over Education". General News. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "President Mills Relieves Attorney-General Of His Post". Ghana government. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology
  6. ↑ "Lee Ocran finally laid to rest". www.ghanaweb.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Lee Ocran passes on". Graphic Online. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Lee Ocran, Former Minister of Education". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Parliamentary Results Jomoro (Western Region)". Parliamentary election results. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Volta River Authority
  11. ↑ "Ghana News - Bui Dam was engineering disaster-Lee Ocran". Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Former Education Minister, Lee Ocran Laid To Rest". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Former Education Minister Lee Ocran laid to rest". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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