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The family of former Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur announced that the former vice president will be buried at the Burma camp military cemetery in Accra.
The mortal remains of Amissah Arthur will be deposited in the state at the foyer of the International Conference Center of Accra to be filed by the general public on Thursday, July 26 and buried on Friday, July 27, after which she will be buried.
The former Vice President died at the age of 67 on June 29, 2018.
He collapsed at the Air Force Gym in Accra during a workout and was transported to the military hospital 37 where he was declared dead. ] Profile
Born on April 29, 1951, Mr. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was an economist, academic, and politician.
He was the sixth vice-president of Ghana. He served from 6 August 2012 to 7 January 2017, under the chairmanship of John Dramani Mahama.
He was also governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
M. Amissah-Arthur was sworn in as Vice President on August 6, 2012, after being appointed Vice President by President John Dramani Mahama, a week after the swearing-in of President Mahama following the sudden death of President John Evans Atta Mills on July 24th. , 2012.
M. Amissah-Arthur was a research badistant at the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research between 1974 and 1975.
Later he joined the economics department as badistant professor of economics. teaching from 1977 to 1978, then became badistant-badistant in 1979. He also taught in the economics department of the University of Ghana between 1980 and 1988; and again at the Department of Economics, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, State of Anambra, Nigeria (August 1981 – July 1983).
He worked as a consultant for the World Bank in The Gambia and as a consultant for the Netherlands. Government Education Project in Ghana
M. Amissah-Arthur also worked as a senior economist for Sigma One Corporation in Ghana between 1998 and 2000 and between 2001 and 2002 he was on a mission for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Political Life
From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur was Special Assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, to the Provisional Council of National Defense (PNDC).
He was subsequently appointed Deputy Secretary of Finance of the PNDC Government from February 1986 to March 1993, and later became Deputy Minister of Finance in the NDC government led by Rawlings.
In October 2009, Mr. Amissah-Arthur was appointed Governor of the Bank of Ghana by President John Evans Atta Mills. He held this position until August 6, 2012, when he became Vice President of Ghana after the death of President Atta Mills.
He continued as vice president when President Mahama won the 2012 election.
M. Amissah-Arthur married Matilda Amissah-Arthur with whom he had two children. He was a Christian and a member of the Calvary Methodist Church in Adabraka, Accra.
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