Kwesi amissah arthur biography of michael
Kwesi amissah arthur biography of michael
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Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
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 Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the sixth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama from August 2012 until January 2017.
Previously he was the 12th governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
He was nominated by PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama to be the vice-president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in.[2] This followed the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.[3] He was sworn in as vice-president on 6 August 2012, following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana.[4]
Early life and education
Amissah-Arthur was born at Cape Coast on 29 April 1951,[5] the capital of the Central Region of Ghana, at the time organized as British Gold Coast Colony.[6] His mother, Effie Amissah-Arthur is from th