21 Facts About Kwesi Amissah-Arthur

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to be the vice-president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was sworn in as vice-president on 6 August 2012, following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur had five other siblings - one brother and four sisters.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur attended the Aboom Methodist 'B' Primary School in Cape Coast and passed the Common Entrance examination from the Akim Oda Methodist School in 1964.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur completed his secondary education at the Mfantsipim School, where he obtained the GCE Ordinary Level in 1969 and the GCE Advanced Level in 1971.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was a research assistant at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research between 1974 and 1975.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur later joined the Economics Department as a teaching assistant from 1977 to 1978, going on to become an assistant lecturer in 1979.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur lectured at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana between 1980 and 1988.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur went into politics until 1997 when he resigned from the public sector and went into finance and economic consultancy.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur worked as a consultant for the World Bank in The Gambia.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur served as a consultant for the Netherlands' government education project in Ghana.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur then worked as Senior Economist for the Sigma One Corporation in Ghana between 1998 and 2000.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur served on the board of the erstwhile state-owned Bank for Housing and Construction.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by President John Atta Mills.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur held this position until 6 August 2012, when he became vice-president of Ghana following the death of Atta Mills.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was responsible in ensuring the general development of the national economy, promote by monetary measure the stabilisation of the value of the currency within and outside Ghana and to formulate and implement monetary policy aimed at achieving the objective of the Bank and Ghana in a whole, among others.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was sworn in as vice president on 6 August 2012 in Parliament by the then Chief Justice Georgina Wood, after going through a vetting process by the Parliament of Ghana.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was maintained by the John Dramani Mahama in his bid to win the 2012 elections as his running mate.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was a Christian and was known to worship at the Calvary Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur died on 29 June 2018 at the 37 Military Hospital after reportedly collapsing at the Air Force Gym during his routine morning workout session.