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Anthony Akoto Osei

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Hon.
Anthony Akoto Osei
Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 February 2017
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Old Tafo Constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2005
Preceded byConstituency split
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
In office
2007 – 6 January 2009
Preceded byKwadwo Baah Wiredu
Succeeded byKwabena Duffuor
Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
In office
May 2003 – 2007
Personal details
Born (1953-04-18) 18 April 1953 (age 71)
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children3
Alma materHoward University, American University, Oberlin College
ProfessionEconomist/ Banker/ Insurer
CommitteesFinance Committee, Defense Committee(7th Parliament of 4th Republic of Ghana)

Anthony Akoto Osei is a Ghanaian banker and politician.[1] Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning. He was a member of Parliament for the electoral district of Old Tafo in the Ashanti region.[1]

Early life and education

Osei was born in Sunyani, the capital of Bono Region then Brong Ahafo Region on 18 April 1953.[1] He had his secondary level education at Achimota School and Opoku Ware Senior High School. He furthered at Oberlin College in Ohio where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics.[1] He has a Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics from the American University in the USA.[2] He also graduated from Howard University in 1987 with a Ph.D. in economics.[1][3]

Career

Osei is an Economist by profession.[1] On 27 March 2002, Osei became a member of the Management Board of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Ltd. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor at Dillard University (USA) and previously as a Research Assistant at the Center for Policy Analysis (Ghana).[4][5]

Political career

Minister for Finance and Economic Planning

Osei worked as deputy minister for Finance and Economic Planning in May 2003 and was a major economic adviser to the government.[3]He was elevated to substantive Minister for Finance and Economic Planning after the death of the then Minister Kwadwo Baah Wiredu.[6] He served in that role until 6 January 2009 when government was handed over to the National Democratic Congress who had won the 2008 General Elections.[3][7]

Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation

In February 2017, Osei was sworn in as Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation after being nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo and going through the vetting process in the parliament of Ghana.[8][9] The ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation was a newly created Ministry to evaluate, monitor and plan review summits and forums in fulfillment of the government's policies on evaluating the progress of its own ministries.[10]

Cabinet Minister

In May 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Anthony Akoto Osei as part of nineteen ministers who would form his cabinet. 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. 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.[11]

Other positions held

Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), Accra; Consultant to the World Bank (Korean Division), 1987; Associate professor in Economics at Howard Universities from 1984 to 1995; [12]Special Adviser, MFEP, 2001-2003; Deputy Minister for Finance, 2003-2007; Minister of State, 2007-2008; Acting Minister of Finance, September 2008 - 6 January 2009; MP (January 2005 to date - 4th term)[1]

Elections

Osei was elected as the member of parliament for the Old Tafo constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[13][14][15] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[14][15] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[16] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[17] He was elected with 34,957 votes out of 44,000 total valid votes cast.[14][15] This was equivalent to 79.4% of total valid votes cast.[14][15] He was elected over Salu Ibrahim of the National Democratic Congress, Andrews K. Asamoah-Akoto of the Convention People's Party and Amediku Dominic D. Quarshie an independent candidate.[14][15] These obtained 7,116, 426 and 1,501 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[14][15] These were equivalent to 16.2%, 1% and 3.4% respectively of total valid votes cast.[14][15]

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[18][19]8 His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[20] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[21] He was elected with 36,171 votes out of 47,478 total valid votes cast.[19][18] This was equivalent to 76.18% of total valid votes cast.[18][19] He was elected over Swallah Ali of the People's National Convention, Dominic Kwabena Anomah of the National Democratic Congress, Issah Abdul Salam of the Convention People’s Party and Mohammed Rabui Umar of the Reformed Patriotic Democrats.[18][19] These obtained 427, 10,386, 375 and 119 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast.[18][19] These were equivalent to 37.59%, 5.43% and 1.28% respectively of the total votes cast.[18][19]

In 2012, he won the general elections once again for the same constituency.[22][23] He was elected with 43,561 votes out of 57,478 total valid votes cast.[22][23] This was equivalent to 75.79% of total valid votes cast.[22][23] He was elected over Memuna Kabore Abu-Bakr Siddique of the National Democratic Congress, Faruk Muhammed Tankoh of People's National Convention and Issah Abdul Salam of the Convention People’s Party.[22][23] These obtained 13,454, 149 and 314 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[22][23] These were equivalent to 23.41%, 0.26% and 0.55% respectively of the total votes cast.[22][23]

Personal life

He is a Christian Catholic.[1] He is married with three children.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Osei, Anthony Akoto (Dr)". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Hon. Anthony Akoto Osei | Ex-Officio Member | Institute for Fiscal Studies Ghana". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ "OTMA - Old Tafo Municipal Assembly". otma.gov.gh. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Anthony Akoto Osei, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Ghana's finance minister dies - Baah-Wiredu". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. ^ "I deserve another term -Akoto Osei". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. ^ "2nd batch of ministerial nominees; Ursula, Akoto Osei, Joe Ghartey named". Graphic Online. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  9. ^ Effah, K. (8 February 2017). "Photos: President Akufo-Addo swears in Otiko Djaba, et al as Ministers". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Dr. Akoto Osei heads new Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Profile of Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, minister-designate for monitoring and evaluation". Prime News Ghana. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Old Tafo Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 129.
  16. ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  17. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  18. ^ a b c d e f Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 66.
  19. ^ a b c d e f FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Old Tafo Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  20. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  21. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  22. ^ a b c d e f FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2012 Results - Old Tafo Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Elections 2012. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2012. p. 132.
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