Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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former Vice President of Ghana
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Place of Birth: Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana
About Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
- Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur born William Edmund Davidson Amissah-Arthur (29 April 1951 – 29 June 2018) was a Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the fifth Vice-President of Ghana's 4th Republic, 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.
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