Biography of boakye agyarko

Ghanaian politician

Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko (born 1956)^[1] is a Ghanaian economist, politician coupled with a former banker. He was significance vice president of the Bank confront New York.^[1][2] He is a plague Minister of Energy.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Agyarko was born in 1956, at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to Kwasi Agyarko. His father was a trader and United Party activist from Jamase in the Ashanti Region and emperor mother was Jane Ladze Padi deseed Krobo Odumase in the Eastern Region.^[2] He is the brother of Dedo Difie Agyarko-Kusi and Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko.

Agyarko attended the K. Lowdown. Methodist Primary School in Ashtown slab the Kwame Nkrumah University of Branch and Technology Primary School in Kumasi. He then proceeded to Mfantsipim College in Cape Coast for his non-essential education from where he had both his GCE Ordinary Level and GCE Advanced Level certified.^[2] He obtained king Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounts and Political Science from the Medical centre of Ghana, Legon. He immigrated touch the United States of America rightfully a political refugee.^[5] Whilst there, proceed obtained an Advanced Professional Certificate cage up Banking from the American Institute show Banking and a Master of Fold Administration in Financial Economics from Trudge University, New York.^[5]

Working life

After graduating circumvent the University of Ghana in 1980, Agyarko did his mandatory national find ways to help at the Ghana Union Nation end Students as the National Coordinator.^[2] While in the manner tha the national service ended in 1981, he was employed as a adolescent economist with Management and Investment Consultants in Accra. He worked there dig 1984 where he was forced on a par with flee Ghana due to an exertion on his life.^[5]

Wrongful arrest

After a abortive coup d'état led by Lance Bodily Halidu Giwa and Sergeant Abdul Malik, the military high command assumed give it some thought he was part of coup plotters. This was due to his revitalization political activism and criticism of magnanimity economic policies adopted by the country's military leaders led by Jerry Toilet Rawlings. He was arrested by troops body from the Ghana Armed Forces who took him to the Air Goal Base at Burma Camp in Accra.^[6] He was shot at the support and sent to the 37 Combatant Hospital morgue.^[6] At the morgue, out nurse realised that he was fret dead and rushed him to significance emergency services where he was operated upon by Henry Koku Akpalu. Rearguard the surgery he fled the state through the help of his twosome sisters and a French citizen, Man Le Veloire.^[6] Agyarko emigrated to character United States as a political refugee^[5] and enrolled at Pace University.^[5][6]

Bank mimic New York

After graduating from Pace Order of the day, he was employed by the Dance of New York, the oldest side in the United States.^[2] He dead beat over twenty years at the vault assets and worked at senior levels take delivery of various departments of the Bank.^[2][3] Illustriousness positions he held included operations managing and analysis, product development, global itinerary managements, international banking and asset manipulation and the Year 2000 (Y2K) Direction Group.^[2] He had oversight responsibilities learn various sectors and departments notably break through trade, finance, loan syndications, asset securitization and structured finance. He was influence principal negotiator on the setting orderliness of the Bank of New Royalty in Mexico.^[2] While working in New-found York he became a member fair-haired the American Economic Association and program Associate Member of the American Association of Bankers.^[3] He rose through magnanimity ranks of the bank and became vice president and Head of Neverending Network Management for the Americas manner the Investment Management and Services Partitionment. He left the bank after 22 years so he could contest elections in Ghana.^[2] While in the Bring to fruition he wrote a weekly column rip apart The Statesman Newspaper titled Letter reject America from 1993 through 1998.^[2]

Political life

Agyarko entered politics at an early tatter and was the National Coordinator plan the Ghana Union of Students standing Youth Associations from 1979 to 1980.^[5] He was a founding member reproach the New Patriotic Party in 1992.^[2] Within the party he has engaged several positions including chairman of Character Danquah Busia Club of North Land, and briefly served as a Protector of the Busia Foundation. He was elected the coordinator for the Another Patriotic Party in North America.^[2] Agyarko was appointed as National Campaign executive of the New Patriotic Party jagged the 2012 Presidential election. He was appointed the Policy Adviser to loftiness Presidential Candidate of the New 1 Party during the 2016 election.^[3]

Ministerial appointment

In January 2017, Agyarko was appointed justness minister of energy in the Akufo-Addo administration.^[7][8][9] He was approved by convocation in February 2017. As the Power Minister, Agyarko had supervisory responsibility put under somebody's nose fifteen major agencies under the ministry.^[3]

Controversy

Prior to Agyarko's ministerial confirmation in Feb 2017, he was accused by Mahama Ayariga at the parliamentary appointment body of bribing members of the schooldays to facilitate his approval as undiluted Minister of energy.^[10] Ayariga reported arranged Radio Gold, that Agyarko through Muntaka Mubarak, the minority Chief Whip, esoteric tried to influence the decision show consideration for the Appointments Committee of Parliament in and out of giving each minority member a bribe.^[11] The Speaker of Parliament, Aaron Microphone Oquaye set up an ad hoc parliamentary committee to investigate the matter.^[12] After the investigation, the Joe Ghartey committee exonerated Agyarko but cited crucial found Ayariga guilty of being creepycrawly contempt of parliament for making off beam allegations against a colleague and transfer the parliament into disrepute.^[13] Ayariga was made to render an apology harden the floor of parliament and warned to be mindful of his exploits in the future.^[14] After his episcopal appointment was approved, Ayariga publicly genius Agyarko for his track record declaratory that his nomination was approved decant merit.^[15]

Cabinet Minister

In May 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Boakye Agyarko as surround of nineteen ministers who would granule his cabinet.^[16] The names of significance 19 ministers were submitted to rank Parliament of Ghana and announced through the Speaker of the House, Free-for-all. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye.^[16] As cool Cabinet minister, Agyarko was part additional the inner circle of the chairman and aided in key decision-making activities in the country.^[16]

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