Alexander Atta Yaw Kyerematen (1916 – 1976)[1] was a Ghanaian social anthropologist and the commissioner for local government from 1966 to 1969.
[citation needed] During this period, the Canadian government awarded him a diploma in public administration.
[1] In 1960, he received a grant from the Italian government to study organization of cultural institutions for nine months.
[1] Kyerematen served as secretary to the Asanteman council and was a research fellow of African studies at the University College of the Gold Coast.
Kyerematen acted as vice-president of the Sociological Society of Ghana[8] and served as chairman of the council of the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.