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Biography of the  late Amissah-Arthur( Former Vice President of the Republic of Ghana ) | ©SintimBlog |

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June 29, 2018

Ex Veep Amissah Arthur 

Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (29 April 1951–29 June 2018)[1] was a Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the sixth Vice-President of Ghana, in office from 6 August 20 12 until 7 January 2017, under President John Dramani Mahama. Previously he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012. Kwesi Amissah-ArthurVice-President of Ghana
(5th Vice-President of the Fourth Republic) In office6 August 2012 – 7 January 2017 President John Dramani Mahama preceded by John Dramani.

Mahama succeeded by Mahamudu Bawumia12th Governor of Bank of Ghana. In office
1 October 2009 – 6 August 2012PresidentJohn Atta MillsPreceded by Paul A. Acquah Deputy Minister for Finance. In office April 1993 – March 1997PresidentJerry RawlingsDeputy Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning. In  office February 1986 – March 1993 President Jerry Rawlings

Personal   details 

BornApril 29, 1951(age 67)
Cape Coast, Ghana Died June 29, 2018 at the 37 Military Hospital, Accra Nationality Ghanaian Political party National Democratic Congress Spouse(s)Matilda Amissah-ArthurChildren 2: Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur and Araba Amissah-Arthur Residence Accra, GhanaAlma mater University of Ghana Mfantsipim School Occupation Economist,consultant,academician,politician

He was sworn in as Vice-President on 6 August 2012, following vetting by theParliament of Ghana.[2] He was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to be the vice-president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in.[3] This followed the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.

Early life and education 

Amissah-Arthur was born at Cape Coast, the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. His mother is from the Hutchful family and his father is from the Amissah-Arthur family. Both families originated from Cape Coast. He completed his secondary education at the Mfantsipim School, where he obtained the GCE Ordinary Level in 1969 and the GCE Advanced Level in 1971. He proceeded to the University of Ghanaat Legon, where he obtained the B.Sc. in 1974 and M.Sc. in 1976, both in Economics.[5][6]

Economics and consultancy 

Amissah-Arthur was a research assistant at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research between 1974 and 1975. He later joined the Economics Department as a teaching assistant from 1977 to 1978, going on to become an assistant lecturer in 1979. He lectured at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana between 1980 and 1988. He has also been a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria (August 1981 – July 1983).

He went into politics until 1997. He worked as a consultant for the World Bank in The Gambia. He also served as a consultant for the Netherlands' government education project in Ghana. He then worked as Senior Economist for the Sigma One Corporation in Ghana between 1998 and 2000. Between 2001 and 2002, he was on assignment for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

Politics

From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey, in the Provisional National Defense Councilgovernment. Subsequently, he was Deputy Secretary for Finance in the PNDC government from February 1986 to March 1993. From April 1993, he continued as the Deputy Minister for Finance in the Rawlings government after the establishment of constitutional rule until March 1997.

Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by President John Atta Mills. He held this position until 6 August 2012, when he became Vice-President of Ghana following the death of Atta Mills.[8]

Personal life

Amissah-Arthur was married to Matilda Amissah-Arthur with two children. He was a Christian and was known to worship at the Calvary Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra.


He died suddenly on 29 June 2018 at the age of 67.

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