For the Sierra Leonean theologian, see Harry Sawyerr (theologian).
The Honourable
Harry Sawyerr
F.R.I.C.S. , F.R.V.A. , F.I.AR.B. , F.R.S.H. , CV
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Osu-Klottey
In office September 1969 – 13 January 1972
Minister for Education
In office 1993–1997
President
Jerry Rawlings
Preceded by
Alex Ababio
Succeeded by
Esi Sutherland-Addy
Minister for Transport and Communications
In office September 1979 – 31 December 1981
President
Hilla Limann
Personal details
Born
Henry Romulus Sawyerr
(1926-04-25)25 April 1926 Abokobi, Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Died
8 November 2013(2013-11-08) (aged 87) Accra, Ghana
Political party
United National Convention (1979 – 1981) New Generation Alliance (1992) National Democratic Congress (1992-2013)
Spouse
Esther Sawyerr
Education
Accra Academy
Alma mater
University College of Estate Management
Occupation
Politician, surveyor, valuer
Henry Romulus Sawyerr, CV (25 April 1926 – 8 November 2013) was a Ghanaian politician and surveyor. He was Minister for Education from 1993 to 1997 in Jerry Rawlings' first presidential term of office, under the Fourth Republic. In the Second Republic, Sawyerr was Member of Parliament (MP) for Osu-Klottey as a non-party candidate. In the Third Republic, he was again elected MP but gave up the seat to be in Hilla Limann's cabinet as Minister for Transport and Communications from 1979 to 1981.
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the University of Ghana Medical School from 1984 to 1999, succeeding HarrySawyerr, the first chairman. In 1999, he was nominated chancellor of University...
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been old boys (Peter Ala Adjetey, Samuel Odoi-Sykes, Harona Esseku). HarrySawyerr, the only minister of the Third Republic to have again served as a minister...
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Parliament:Peter Ala Adjetey". Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2010-07-02. "HarrySawyerr Profile". Famous People. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 10 November 2013...
Poro and Sande Initiation Society Rituals. Anthropology 7(2): 21-42. Sawyerr, Harry and S. K. Todd (1970) The Significance of the Numbers Three and Four...
and Sande Initiation Society Rituals". Anthropology. 7 (2): 21–42. Sawyerr, Harry, and S. K. Todd (1970) The Significance of the Numbers Three and Four...
: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ISBN 9780802863607. OCLC 262878975. Sawyerr, Harry (July 1978). "The First World Missionary Conference: Edinburgh 1910"...
liberal arts. Edward Fasholé-Luke, academic and theologian. Harry Alphonso Ebun Sawyerr, writer and Anglican theologian. Eldred Durosimi Jones, academic...
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