Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
| Kwesi Amissah-Arthur | |
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Vice President of Ghana (5th Vice President of the Fourth Republic) |
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In office 6 August 2012 – 7 January 2017 |
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| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Preceded by | John Dramani Mahama |
| Succeeded by | Mahamudu Bawumia |
| 12th Governor of Bank of Ghana | |
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In office 1 October 2009 – 6 August 2012 |
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| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Paul A. Acquah |
| Deputy Minister for Finance | |
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In office April 1993 – March 1997 |
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| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Deputy Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning | |
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In office February 1986 – March 1993 |
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| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Personal details | |
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29 April 1951 Cape Coast, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Amissah-Arthur |
| Children | 2: Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur and Araba Amissah-Arthur |
| Residence | Accra, Ghana |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Occupation | Economist, Consultant, Academician, Politician |
| Religion | Methodist |
Kwesi Bekoee Amissah-Arthur (born 29 April 1951) is a Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the 6th Vice President of Ghana, in office from 6 August 2012 until 7 January 2017, under President John Dramani Mahama. Previously he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
He was sworn in as Vice President on 6 August 2012 following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana. He was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to be the vice president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in. This followed the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.
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 Ghana at Legon where he obtained the B.Sc. in 1974 and M.Sc.in 1976, both in Economics.
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.
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