Clend Mawuko Sowu
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(aged 78)
Hon. Clend Mawuko Sowu | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Anlo Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 1993 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | James Victor Gbeho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 |
| Died | 4 December 2010 (aged 78) East Legon, Accra, Ghana |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
Clend Mawuko Sowu was a Ghanaian politician, soldier, member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),[1][2] Board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana and Member of Parliament for the Anlo Constituency.[3] He also served as Minister of Works and Housing and Regional Minister of the Volta Region during the Jerry John Rawlings government.[2]
He hailed from Tegbi, near Keta in the Volta Region and was a schooled at Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast.[4][5] Squadron Leader Sowu trained at the Royal Air Force in 1958 as the first Ghanaian parachutist. He enlisted in the Ghana Military Academy in 1961 and was commissioned into the Air Branch of the Ghana Air Force on December 4, 1962. He retired on September 18, 1973.[6]
Education
He attended London University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree. He thereafter moved to Granfield College of Aeronautics and Harvard University to obtain his Post-Graduate Certificates.[7]
