Kwame Bawuah-Edusei | |
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Ghana ambassador to Switzerland | |
In office 2004–2006 | |
Appointed by | John Kufuor |
Preceded by | Fritz Kwabena Poku |
Succeeded by | Kwabena Baah-Duodu |
Ghana Ambassador to the United States of America | |
In office 5 September 2006 – 7 December 2009 | |
Appointed by | John Kufuor |
Preceded by | Fritz Kwabena Poku |
Succeeded by | Daniel Ohene Agyekum |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 June 1955 Ghana |
Education | Kumasi Academy |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | |
Profession | Physician |
Kwame Bawuah-Edusei is a Ghanaian physician, entrepreneur and diplomat. He served as Ghana's ambassador to Switzerland from 2004 to 2006, and Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from 2006 to 2009.
Bawuah-Edusei was born 10 June 1955. He had his secondary education at Kumasi Academy, and proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he studied Human Biology.[1][2] He later entered the Howard University Hospital where he had his medical residency in family medicine.[1][2]
Bawuah-Edusei worked as a medical practitioner and an entrepreneur prior to his ambassadorial appointment. He was the head of Educe Medical Center, a hospital he founded in Alexandria, Virginia.[2] He founded the Educe Capital LLC, a firm that focused on bio-medicine, real estate, and agro processing, and also founded the EO Group with his business partner George Yaw Owusu.[3][4] In 2004 Bawuah-Edusei was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Switzerland.[5][6] He served in this capacity until 2006 when he was appointed Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America.[7][8][9] He held this office until 2009.
Bawuah-Edusei is married to Evangeline Bawuah-Edusei.[10]