Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur (born William Edmund Davidson Amissah-Arthur)[1] (29 April 1951 – 29 June 2018) was a Ghanaian economist, academic and politician who was the sixth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama from August 2012 until January 2017.

[15] From 1983 to 1986, Amissah-Arthur served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwesi Botchwey, in the Provisional National Defense Council government.

From April 1993, he continued as the Deputy Minister for Finance in the Rawlings government after the establishment of constitutional rule until March 1997.

Amissah-Arthur was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Ghana in October 2009 by President John Atta Mills.

[4][20] He was maintained by the John Dramani Mahama in his bid to win the 2012 elections as his running mate.

[28] Due to his love for sports especially football, he was a supporter and a major shareholder in the football club, the Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.[29][30] Amissah-Arthur died on 29 June 2018 at the 37 Military Hospital after reportedly collapsing at the Air Force Gym during his routine morning workout session.

[31] A state funeral, attended by several dignitaries, was held for him on 27 July 2018 at the Accra International Conference Centre after which his body, accompanied by a military cortège, was conveyed to the new Military Cemetery at Burma Camp for interment amid the sounding of the Last Post by army buglers and a 19-gun salute.

[32] A learning centre, consisting of a library and an ICT complex, located at Ohawu in the Volta Region was named in his honour.

[35] On the occasion of the first anniversary of his death, his family sponsored the establishment of a doctoral fellowship and a research chair at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana.