Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, was birthed as William Edmund Davidson Amissah-Arthur
He was born on April 29, 1951 and died on June 29, 2018 at the 37 Military Hospital.
He completed his secondary education at the Mfantsipim School, where he obtained the GCE Ordinary Level in 1969 and the GCE Advanced Level in 1971.
He proceeded to the University of Ghana at Legon, where he obtained the B.Sc. in 1974 and M.Sc. in 1976, both in Economics.
Amissah-Arthur was a research assistant at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research between 1974 and 1975.
He later joined the Economics Department as a teaching assistant from 1977 to 1978, going on to become an assistant lecturer in 1979.
He is the 12th governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
He was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to be the Vice-President a week after Mahama himself was sworn in after the demise of former President, John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012.
He was sworn in as Vice-President on August 6, 2012, following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana.
He was the sixth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama from August 2012 until January 2017.
Amissah-Arthur was married to Matilda Amissah-Arthur with two children.
He was a Christian and was known to worship at the Calvary Methodist Church at Adabraka in Accra.
Today, 29th April 2024 would have been his 74th birthday. His legacy however lives on and he will be remembered forever.
