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. He was a member of Parliament for the electoral district of Old Tafo in the Ashanti region.

Early life and Education

Osei was born in Sunyani on April 18, 1953. 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. He has a Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics from the American University in the USA. He also graduated from Howard University in 1987 with a Ph.D. in economics.

Personal life

He is a Christian Catholic, He is married with three children.

Career

Osei is an Economist by profession. On 27 March 2002, Osei became a member of the Management Board of Merchant Bank Ltd. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor at Dillard University and previously as a Research Assistant at the Center for Policy Analysis. He also worked as deputy minister for Finance and Economic Planning in May 2003 and was a major economic adviser to the government.

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.

Other position held

Centre for Policy Analysis, Accra; Consultant to the World Bank, 1987; Associate professor in Economics at Howard Universities from 1984 to 1995; Special Adviser, MFEP, 2001-2003; Deputy Minister for Finance, 2003-2007; Minister of State, 2007-2008; Acting Minister of Finance, September 2008 - January 6, 2009; MP