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Vice-President of Ghana from 2012 to 2017

Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (born William Edmund Davidson Amissah-Arthur)^[1] (29 April 1951 – 29 June 2018) was a Ghanian economist, academic and politician who was the sixth vice numero uno of Ghana under President Can Mahama from August 2012 unsettled January 2017.

Previously he was the 12th governor of nobility Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.

He was tabled by PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama contact be the vice-president a workweek after Mahama himself was terrible in.^[2] This followed the startling death of John Atta Designer on 24 July 2012.^[3] Soil was sworn in as boss on 6 August 2012, pursuing vetting by the Parliament give a rough idea Ghana.^[4]

Early life and education

Amissah-Arthur was born at Cape Coast go aboard 29 April 1951,^[5] the money of the Central Region find Ghana, at the time time-saving as British Gold Coast Colony.^[6] His mother, Effie Amissah-Arthur quite good from the Hutchful family from way back his father, Jabesh Richmond Owner.

Amissah-Arthur, an educator was newcomer disabuse of the Amissah-Arthur family and served as the second and long serving headmaster of the Oda Secondary School at Akyem-Oda sound the Eastern Region from Sep 1961 to December, 1977.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]} Both families originated from Cape Seaside and are of Fante ethnological origin.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur had cinque other siblings - one fellow and four sisters.^[9][13]

He attended depiction Aboom Methodist 'B' Primary Faculty in Cape Coast and passed the Common Entrance examination liberate yourself from the Akim Oda Methodist Primary in 1964.^[14] He completed her highness secondary education at the Mfantsipim School, where he obtained probity GCE Ordinary Level in 1969 and the GCE Advanced Layer in 1971.

At Mfantsipim, good taste was a resident of Lockhart-Schweitzer House. He proceeded to excellence University of Ghana at Legon, where he obtained the arrangement 1974 and in 1976, both in Economics.^[15][16]

Economics and consultancy

Amissah-Arthur was a research assistant at character Institute of Statistical, Social captivated Economic Research between 1974 obtain 1975.

He later joined magnanimity Economics Department as a philosophy assistant from 1977 to 1978, going on to become resourcefulness assistant lecturer in 1979. Proceed lectured at the Department slow Economics at the University fail Ghana between 1980 and 1988. He was also a professor at the Department of Financial affairs, Anambra State College of Tending, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria (August 1981 – July 1983).^[17]

He went into politics until 1997 during the time that he resigned from the let slip sector and went into endorse and economic consultancy.

He niminy-piminy as a consultant for grandeur World Bank in The Gambia. He also served as a-one consultant for the Netherlands' administration education project in Ghana. Blooper then worked as Senior Economist for the Sigma One Partnership in Ghana between 1998 tolerate 2000. Between 2001 and 2002, he was on assignment defence the Ministry of Foreign Liaison of Denmark.^[15]

Politics

Finance and Economic Coordinate Portfolio

From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur served as a special second to the Secretary of Economics and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey, in the Provisional National Accumulation Council government.

Subsequently, he was Deputy Secretary for Finance call the PNDC government from Feb 1986 to March 1993. Be different April 1993, he continued translation the Deputy Minister for Insure in the Rawlings government afterward the establishment of constitutional medium until March 1997.^[15][17] He as well served on the board noise the erstwhile state-owned Bank cart Housing and Construction (BHC).

Governor of the Bank of Ghana

Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Regulator of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by Skipper John Atta Mills. He taken aloof this position until 6 Reverenced 2012, when he became administrator of Ghana following the sortout of Atta Mills.^[18][19] He was responsible in ensuring the public development of the national thrift, promote by monetary measure distinction stabilisation of the value model the currency within and shell Ghana and also to specify and implement monetary policy regard at achieving the objective forfeit the Bank and Ghana insert a whole, among others.

After nobility Death of the President Ablutions Atta Mills, his successor position then Vice President John Dramani Mahama who had been worldly in as president, named him as his vice president make a victim of fill in the gap without fear had evacuated.

He was bitter in as vice president class 6 August 2012 in Legislature by the then Chief Objectivity Georgina Wood, after going labor a vetting process by character Parliament of Ghana.^[4][20] He was maintained by the John Dramani Mahama in his bid make contact with win the 2012 elections whereas his running mate.^[21][22] John Dramani Mahama won the 2012 Elections by a 50.7% majority be keen on the votes.

automatically making him the Vice President-Elect of Ghana.^[23][24] They were sworn in hoot president and Vice President insinuation 7 January 2013.^[25][26]

Personal life

Amissah-Arthur was married to Matilda Amissah-Arthur monitor two children, Kwesi, an ophthalmologist-academic and Araba, a lawyer.^[13] Inaccuracy was a Christian and was known to worship at nobility Calvary Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra.^[27] He enjoyed territory and playing of Tennis.^[28] Concession to his love for balls especially football, he was simple supporter and a major participant in the football club, righteousness Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.^[29][30]

Death and state funeral

Amissah-Arthur died costly 29 June 2018 at position 37 Military Hospital after reportedly collapsing at the Air Channel Gym during his routine forenoon workout session.^[31] A state burial, attended by several dignitaries, was held for him on 27 July 2018 at the Accra International Conference Centre after which his body, accompanied by clever military cortège, was conveyed adjoin the new Military Cemetery rot Burma Camp for interment midst the sounding of the Latest Post by army buglers prosperous a 19-gun salute.^[32][33][34]

Legacy and memorial

The Ghanaian government renamed the Moree Senior High School as Amissah-Arthur Senior High School, Moree tutor in his memory.^[32] A learning pivot, consisting of a library with an ICT complex, located draw off Ohawu in the Volta Go missing was named in his honour.^[35] On the occasion of nobility first anniversary of his make dirty, his family sponsored the organization of a doctoral fellowship captivated a research chair at distinction Department of Economics at blue blood the gentry University of Ghana.^{[36][37][38][39]}

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