Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyeman

Former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing

Date of Birth: 22/11/1941

Education: St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast; BSc Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 1961-65; PG Certificate in Agriculture Planning, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, 1967; MSc Agriculture Economics, Wye College, University of London, United Kingdom, 1969.

Career: Economist, Ministry of Agriculture, 1965-68; Senior Agricultural Economist, Ministry of Agriculture, 1968-70; Field Programme Officer, 1974-7; Economist, Economic Analysis Division, 1977-79; Co-operation and Liason Officer, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Rome, Italy, 1979; Chief of Mission, FAO Zambia, 1979-84; Representative, Trinidad and Tobago & Guyana, 1984-89; Regional Bureau Officer for Africa, FAO, Rome, 1984; Treasurer, New Patriotic Party (NPP), 1992; Member of Parliament for New Juaben North Constituency, 1996, 2000, & 2004; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 2001-03; Minister for the Interior, 2003-05; Minister for Works and Housing, 2005-09.