Joshua Kyeremeh
{{Short description|Ghanaian politician (died 2021)}}
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| office = National Security Coordinator of Ghana
| term_start = 2017
| term_end = 2021
| president = Nana Akufo-Addo
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| birth_place = Ghana
| death_date = {{death date|2021|01|18}}
| death_place = Kwabenya, Ghana
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| nationality = Ghanaian
| party = New Patriotic Party
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| alma_mater = KNUST
| occupation = Security expert, Politician
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| office2 = Director of
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| term_end2 = 2009
| term_start2 = 2005
| president2 = John Agyekum Kufuor
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Joshua Kyeremeh (died 18 January 2021){{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Akufo-Addo's Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh dies |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/akufo-addos-security-coordinator-joshua-kyeremeh-dies/ |access-date=18 January 2020 |website=Myjoyonline. |language=en-US}} was a Ghanaian politician and administrator and security expert. He was a member of the New Patriotic Party and was National security coordinator for the President of Ghana.
Education and career
A product of the KNUST, and a former director of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), formerly known as the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). He worked there for 22 years and has been at command levels in the Northern, Greater Accra, Ashanti and Upper East. He was also the head of the Investigations Unit of the BNI and rose to the deputy director and later the director of BNI from 2005 to 2009. After the December elections, he was part of the transition team.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=National Security boss Joshua Kyeremeh passes on|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/national-security-boss-joshua-kyeremeh-passes-on.html|access-date=18 January 2020|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb}}
Political life
In January, 2017 he was appointed the National security coordinator at the Flagstaff House by President Nana Akuffo-Addo.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=4 January 2017 |title=Akufo-Addo 'clearly' knows what he's about - Jinapor |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-clearly-knows-what-he-s-about-Jinapor-498649 |access-date=21 November 2017 |website=GhanaWeb. |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Attenkah|first=Richard Kofi|date=5 January 2017|title=Ghana: Nana's First Official Appointments|work=Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201701050866.html|url-status=dead|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042227/https://allafrica.com/stories/201701050866.html|archive-date=1 December 2017}}{{Cite news|last=Tornyi|first=Emmanuel|date=4 January 2017|title=NPP Government: Nana Addo names Frema Osei Opare as Ghana"s first female Chief of Staff|language=en-US|work=|url=http://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/npp-government-nana-addo-names-frema-osei-opare-as-ghanas-first-female-chief-of-staff-id5991908.html|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050530/http://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/npp-government-nana-addo-names-frema-osei-opare-as-ghanas-first-female-chief-of-staff-id5991908.html|url-status=dead}}
Death
He died on Monday, 18 January 2021 at the Ga East Municipal Hospital. He died from COVID-19.{{Cite web|last=James|first=Nyabor|date=18 January 2020|title=National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh dies|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/01/national-security-coordinator-joshua-kyeremeh-dies/|access-date=18 January 2020|website=Citinewsroom|language=en-US}}
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Category:New Patriotic Party politicians
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
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