Lawrence Rosario Abavana

Ghanaian politician and government minister

Lawrence Rosario Abavana (1920 – 29 May 2004) was a Ghanaian politician and teacher by. He served as a Minister of different portfolios.[1]

Lawrence Rosario Abavana
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Navrongo
In office
1965–1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byJoseph Evarisi Seyire
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Kassena-Nankana South
In office
1951–1965
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Minister for Mines and Mineral Resources
In office
February 1965 – June 1965
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah

Minister for Interior
In office
May 1964 – February 1965
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byKwaku Boateng
In office
June 1965 – February 1966
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded byJohn Willie Kofi Harlley
Minister for Information and Broadcasting
In office
September 1962 – October 1963
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Minister for Trade
In office
May 1961 – August 1961
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byFerdinand Koblavi Dra Goka
Succeeded byFerdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (ministry was merged with the Ministry of Finance)

Minister for Health
In office
July 1960 – May 1961
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Succeeded byKomla Agbeli Gbedemah
In office
October 1963 – January 1964
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Commissioner of Northern Ghana
In office
4 November 1957 – July 1960
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah

Minister for Agriculture
In office
1957 – 4 November 1957
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
In office
October 1961 – September 1962
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byKojo Botsio
Succeeded byKrobo Edusei
Personal details
Born1920
Navrongo, Gold Coast
Died29 May 2004(2004-05-29) (aged 83–84)
CitizenshipGhanaian
Alma materAchimota College

References

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  1. "UDS Navrongo campus should be renamed after Lawrence Rosario Abavana, not C.K. Tedam". GhanaWeb. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2021-08-30.