PEACEFM NEWS can confirm that, Mrs. Grace Coleman, former MP for Afigyase Asokore in the Ashanti Region and Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, has passed away.
According to the familys spokesperson, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, the late MP died around 9:50pm at the Korle-bu Teaching hospital yesterday, after a short sickness.
The former MP was born in 1943 and attended Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast for her O and A Levels. She then proceeded to the University of Ghana for a Degree in Economics, and later had her Masters Degree in Development Economics, in the USA.
She was Ghanas Ambassador to the Netherlands during Dr. Hilla Limanns era, and was also a founding member of Vital Voices Committee and the only African woman on the committee, headed by Mrs. Hillary Clinton, former US first lady.
The late Mrs. Coleman was the Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning to Yaw Osafo Maafo under former President Kufuors administration.
And until her death, was the MP for Afigyase Asokore from 1996 2008.
She was 66 years.
Source: Kwadwo Asante/peacefmonline.com
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