Anthony Akoto Osei
Anthony Akoto Osei is a Ghanaian banker and politician. Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning.
Osei graduated with a degree in economics in 1987.
He was a member of Parliament for the electoral district of Tafo / Pankrono in the Ashanti region. He also worked as deputy minister for Finance and Economic Planning in May 2003 and was a major economic adviser to the government.
On 27 March 2002, Osei became a member of the Management Board of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Ltd. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor at Dollard University (USA) and previously as a Research Assistant at the Center for Policy Analysis (Ghana).
Cabinet Minister
In May 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Anthony Akoto Osei as part of nineteen ministers who would form his cabinet.[1] The names of the 19 ministers were submitted to the Parliament of Ghana and announced by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye.[1] As a Cabinet minister, Anthony Akoto Osei is part of the inner circle of the president and is to aid in key decision making activities in the country.[1]
External links
- Merchant Bank Ltd., engl.
References
- FM, Citi. "Arts Minister Catherine Afeku makes it to Cabinet". ghanaweb.com. ghanaweb. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.