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Paul Victor Obeng
Paul Victor Obeng KSG also known as P. V. Obeng (19 August 1947 – 17 May 2014) was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010, he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Until his death, he was the Senior Presidential Adviser at Presidency to President John Dramani Mahama. He served under President's Jerry John Rawlings, John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama in different capacities. He was a member and coordinating secretary and chairman of the Committee of Secretaries of the Provisional National Defence Council. He died on 17 May 2014.
Paul Victor Obeng was born on 19 August 1949 to James Obeng and Mary Obeng. A member of the Akan ethnic group he hailed from the town of Akrokerri in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He started his basic school in his hometown, Akrokerri and later proceeded to Opoku Ware School for his secondary school education. He attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, first-class Honours. Whilst a student, he was a member of the Katanga Hall, serving as the Hall President at one point in time and subsequently the Students Representative Council President of KNUST in 1972.
Obeng was the chief consultant and Chairman of OB Associates, a public and private sector consulting firm and chairman of Ghana Agro and Food company (GAFCO). In addition, he served as the board director on the Board of Guinness Ghana Limited. He was also the board chairman of the Board of Mining and Building Contractors.
Obeng got into politics after Jerry John Rawling overthrew the Hilla Limann government in a coup on 31 December 1981. He was member of the 8 core member council of the Provisional National Defence Council. He served as the chairman of the Committee of Secretaries under the Provisional National Defence Council regime (PNDC) from 1982 to 1992. Within this period the public saw him as the de facto Prime Minister and Second-in-Command to Jerry Rawlings.
He was a founding member of the National Democratic Congress in 1992. He served as Presidential Adviser to Jerry John Rawlings on Governmental Affairs under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 1992 to 1997. He also served as Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) from 1992 to 1997. [citation needed] In January 2009, he was appointed by President-elect of John Evans Atta Mills as the Chairman of the 12-member Transitional Team to assist in the transition from the Kufuor Administration to his Government, with Alex Segbefia as Secretary and Hanna Tetteh as Spokesperson.
In January 2010, he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). He served in that capacity until he died and was replaced by former finance Minister Dr Kwesi Botchwey. On 21 January 2013, he was appointed by President Mahama as his Senior Presidential Adviser at the Presidency, a position he held until he died in May 2014.
In 2002, Obeng was appointed as the board chairman of the Board of Directors of Kumasi Asante Kotoko S.C. He served in that role from 2002 to 2005. His time as chairman at the club was marked with illustrious silverware for the club as the club won the Ghana Premier League and SWAG Cup twice in 2003 and 2005. Upon him dying, Asante Kotoko rivals Hearts of Oak issued a statement signed by their Board Chairman Togbe Afede XIV conveying their condolences in solidarity that;
"Kumasi Asante Kotoko has indeed lost a gem of a football administrator; Ghana football has lost a towering figure, one of its prized senior citizens"
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Paul Victor Obeng
Paul Victor Obeng KSG also known as P. V. Obeng (19 August 1947 – 17 May 2014) was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010, he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Until his death, he was the Senior Presidential Adviser at Presidency to President John Dramani Mahama. He served under President's Jerry John Rawlings, John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama in different capacities. He was a member and coordinating secretary and chairman of the Committee of Secretaries of the Provisional National Defence Council. He died on 17 May 2014.
Paul Victor Obeng was born on 19 August 1949 to James Obeng and Mary Obeng. A member of the Akan ethnic group he hailed from the town of Akrokerri in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He started his basic school in his hometown, Akrokerri and later proceeded to Opoku Ware School for his secondary school education. He attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, first-class Honours. Whilst a student, he was a member of the Katanga Hall, serving as the Hall President at one point in time and subsequently the Students Representative Council President of KNUST in 1972.
Obeng was the chief consultant and Chairman of OB Associates, a public and private sector consulting firm and chairman of Ghana Agro and Food company (GAFCO). In addition, he served as the board director on the Board of Guinness Ghana Limited. He was also the board chairman of the Board of Mining and Building Contractors.
Obeng got into politics after Jerry John Rawling overthrew the Hilla Limann government in a coup on 31 December 1981. He was member of the 8 core member council of the Provisional National Defence Council. He served as the chairman of the Committee of Secretaries under the Provisional National Defence Council regime (PNDC) from 1982 to 1992. Within this period the public saw him as the de facto Prime Minister and Second-in-Command to Jerry Rawlings.
He was a founding member of the National Democratic Congress in 1992. He served as Presidential Adviser to Jerry John Rawlings on Governmental Affairs under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from 1992 to 1997. He also served as Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) from 1992 to 1997. [citation needed] In January 2009, he was appointed by President-elect of John Evans Atta Mills as the Chairman of the 12-member Transitional Team to assist in the transition from the Kufuor Administration to his Government, with Alex Segbefia as Secretary and Hanna Tetteh as Spokesperson.
In January 2010, he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). He served in that capacity until he died and was replaced by former finance Minister Dr Kwesi Botchwey. On 21 January 2013, he was appointed by President Mahama as his Senior Presidential Adviser at the Presidency, a position he held until he died in May 2014.
In 2002, Obeng was appointed as the board chairman of the Board of Directors of Kumasi Asante Kotoko S.C. He served in that role from 2002 to 2005. His time as chairman at the club was marked with illustrious silverware for the club as the club won the Ghana Premier League and SWAG Cup twice in 2003 and 2005. Upon him dying, Asante Kotoko rivals Hearts of Oak issued a statement signed by their Board Chairman Togbe Afede XIV conveying their condolences in solidarity that;
"Kumasi Asante Kotoko has indeed lost a gem of a football administrator; Ghana football has lost a towering figure, one of its prized senior citizens"