Albert Kan-Dapaah

Albert Kan-Dapaah (born 14 March 1953) is a Ghanaian chartered accountant and politician.

He is the current National Security Minister of Ghana[1] since his appointment by President Nana Akufo-Addo in January 2017.

[4] Kan-Dapaah worked with Pannel Kerr Forster, a chartered accounting firm as an Audit Senior.

Back in Ghana, he was the head of Audit at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) from January 1987.

[6][7] Albert Kan-Dapaah was the Ashanti Regional Representative on the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) between 1992 and 1996.

He became Minister for Energy in the Kufuor government after the NPP won power in the 2000 elections.

[11] In the year 2000, Kan-Dapaah won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Afigya Sekyere West constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

[12] He was elected over Beatrice Aboagye of the National Democratic Congress, S.Osei Yaw of the Convention People's Party, Agyem Vincent of the People's National Convention and Tawiah Joseph of the New Reformed Party.

[21] On 15 January 2020, a video of a flirtatious WhatsApp video call between Albert Kan-Dapaah and a young woman popped up on social media leading to several calls for his resignation from the position as National Security Minister.