Kojo Botsio

Hon. Kojo Botsio
5th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office 1963–65
President	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded by	Alex Quaison-Sackey
2nd Minister for External Affairs
In office 1958–59
Prime Minister	Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded by	Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded by	Ebenezer Ako-Adjei
Personal details
Born	21 February 1916
Died	6 February 2001(2001-02-06) (aged 84) Accra, Ghana
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	Convention People's Party
Spouse	Ruth Botsio (née Whittaker)
Children	Kojo, Merene
Alma mater	Fourah Bay College Brasenose College, Oxford University
Profession	Educationist

Kojo Botsio (21 February 1916 – 6 February 2001)^[1] was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician. He studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union. He served as his country's first Minister of Education and Social Welfare from 1951, as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah, and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party (CPP).