Kwesi amissah-arthur cause of death

Vice-President of Ghana from to

Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (born William Edmund Davidson Amissah-Arthur)^[1] (29 April – 29 June ) was a Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the sixth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama from August until January Previously he was the 12th governor of the Bank of Ghana from to

He was nominated by PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama to be the vice-president a week after Mahama himself was sworn in.^[2] This followed the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July ^[3] He was sworn in as vice-president on 6 August , following vetting by the Parliament of Ghana.^[4]

Early life and education

Amissah-Arthur was born at Cape Coast on 29 April ,^[5] the capital of the Central Region of Ghana, at the time organized as British Gold Coast Colony.^[6] His mother, Effie Amissah-Arthur is from the Hutchful family while his father, Jabesh Richmond P