Background
Al-Hassan was born in Tamale and educated at Achimota School.
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Susanna Al-Hassan
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Achimota School.
Career
She also wrote several children's books. From 1955 to 1960 she was headmistress of Bolgatanga Girls' Middle School. A beneficiary of the 1960 Representation of the People’s (Women Members) Bill, Al-Hassan was returned unopposed as an MP representing the Northern Region in June 1960.
From 1961 to 1963 she was Deputy Minister of Education in Nkrumah's republican government. From 1963 to 1966, and again in 1967, she was Minister of Social Affairs. In July 1984 Jerry Rawlings appointed her to Ghana's ruling military junta, the Provisional National Defence Council.
Al-Hassan died 17 January 1997. In 2007 she was commemorated on a 50th anniversary stamp.
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Nationality
Ghana -
Political Party
Convention People's Party