PAUL BOATENG
Minister Of State

Paul Boateng started in politics by becoming a member of parliament for Brent South in North west London. he was appointed Parliamentary Under secretary of State at the Department of health, becoming the first black person to hold ministerial office in her Majesty's Government. In 1998 he became the Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Paul was Born In east london in 1951,and is the son of a former Ghanaion cabinet Minister called Kwaku. Kwaku came to England in the fifties from Ghana to study law at university where he met Paul's mother who was a teacher at the time.

At the age of 3 Paul was taken to Ghana to live but at 15 Paul's family were forced to leave after a military Coup in 1966. His father was thrown into jail without trial as a political prisoner. Not only losing their dignity, they also lost their property and their friends too. Paul and his family set up home on a british council housing estate in Hemel Hempstead. This standard of living was so much different from the exciting experiences Paul had in Ghana. Despite being the only black boy in school this didn't deter him from going on to study at the Bristol University in Law. After graduating Paul became a solicitor in 1975.

 

 

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