Ghana Former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur passes on
Former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has died.
An aide to the late Kwesi Amissah-Arthur confirmed the death to Citi News.
Reports indicated that he collapsed at Airforce Gym on Friday morning during a workout session, and was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital.
Before becoming Veep in August , he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from to
From to , Amissah-Arthur served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey under the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) government.
He also served as the Deputy Secretary for Finance in the PNDC government from February to March
From April , he continued as the Deputy Minister for Finance in the under the Fourth Republic’s first government until March
Mr. Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October by then-President John Atta Mills.
He held that position until August 6 , when he became Vice-President of Ghana following the death of Atta Mills.
Remembering Amissah-Arthur; two years on
Today marks exactly two years since the passing away of former Vice-president, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur.
Paa Kwesi was an academic, economist, politician and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana from to
He became more popular after he was chosen as Vice President under John Dramani Mahama who took over as President following the death of Atta Mills.
After being vetted by Parliament, he was sworn into office on August 6,
He was in worked assiduously while in office until his government was voted out in
In the early hours of Friday, June 28, , there were reports that Mr. Amissah-Arthur had collapsed at the Air Force Gym and was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
He died at age 67 and was married to Matilda Amissah-Arthur with two children.
The former politician and economist was a Christian and is known to worship at the Calvary Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra.
Friday, July 27, a burial service was held in the auditorium of the AICC between hours and midday.
The funeral cortege was paraded through some principal streets of Accra after the burial servi
He started his education at Cape Coast Methodist &#;B &#;Primary School and passed the Common Entrance examination from the Akim Oda Methodist School in
He entered Ghana&#;s oldest Secondary School, Mfantsipim in Cape Coast later in and passed the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level in , and the GCE Advanced Level in
He then entered the University of Ghana, Legon, in , graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc. (Economics) degree in
He was granted a University of Ghana Post-Graduate scholarship in
In he was awarded the Master of Science MSc (Economics) degree and lectured at the Economics Department, University of Ghana, for a number of years.
He also lectured at the State College of Education, Awka in Anambra State of Nigeria from
In July , he served as Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and appointed a Deputy Finance and Economic Planning Minister in February , a position he held until April
After retiring from public office in , Vice President Amissah-Arthur continued to work on a number of consultancy jobs.
He was the Senior Economist for the Sigma One Corporation, Ghana, from to where he helped design and i
Profile of late former Vice President Amissah-Arthur
Former Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was born in Cape Coast, Central Region, in April
He started his education at Cape Coast Methodist ‘B ‘Primary School and passed the Common Entrance examination from the Akim Oda Methodist School in
He entered Ghana’s oldest Secondary School, Mfantsipim in Cape Coast later in and passed the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level in , and the GCE Advanced Level in
He then entered the University of Ghana, Legon, in , graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc. (Economics) degree in
He was granted a University of Ghana Post-Graduate scholarship in
In he was awarded the Master of Science MSc (Economics) degree and lectured at the Economics Department, University of Ghana, for a number of years.
He also lectured at the State College of Education, Awka in Anambra State of Nigeria from
In July , he served as Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and appointed a Deputy Finance and Economic Planning Minister in February , a position he held until April
After retiring from public office in , Vice President Amissah-Arthur continu
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