Emmanuel Kwesi Gyekye Tanoh (born 30 August 1925) was a Ghanaian educationist, lawyer and politician.
Tanoh was born on 30 August 1925 at Agona Nsaba in the Central Region of Ghana.
[1] He then continued at the University of London for his postgraduate teacher's certificate, which he was awarded in 1953.
[2] Following his postgraduate studies at the University of London, he returned to Ghana in 1953 to join the teaching staff of Mfantsipim School and later the Takoradi Government Secondary School, while doubling as an education officer for the Ministry of Education from 1953 to 1955.
[2] After his legal studies, Tanoh worked as a lawyer from 1955 until his appointment as the Central Regional Minister in 1983.