Hon Mohammed Amin Adam | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Karaga | |
Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning | |
Assumed office 14 February 2024 | |
President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
Preceded by | Ken Ofori-Atta |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohammed Amin Adam 15 April 1974 Karaga |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Committees | Finance Committee,Defence and Interior Committee |
Mohammed Amin Adam (born on April 15,1974) is a Ghanaian politician who has been serving as the Minister of Finance since February 2024. [1] [2] [3] He is popularly referred to as Amin Anta. [4] [5]
Adam previously served as the Deputy Minister for Energy,with responsibility for the petroleum sector. [6] He is the member of parliament for Karaga Constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party and part of the majority in the 8th parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [7] Prior to becoming the Deputy Minister for Energy,he was the Founder and Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy. [8] [9] Previously,he served as the mayor of the city of Tamale in the year 2005, [10] [11] deputy minister for Northern Region of Ghana, [12] and Minister of State in charge of for Finance. [13]
Amin Anta attended the Northern School of Business (Nobisco) in Tamale from 1988 to 1991 and Tamale Secondary School (now Tamale Senior High School) from 1991 to 1993. He has a B.A (Hons) in Economics and an M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Cape Coast. He holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Economics from the Centre for Energy,Petroleum &Mineral Law,and Policy at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom,specializing in petroleum fiscal policy in resource-led economies and resource governance. Additionally,he is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana. [14]
Adam is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He began his involvement in politics at a young age. His interest in politics earned him the nickname 'political Anta' while at Nobisco. During his days at the University of Cape Coast,he was the secretary of TESCON. In 1998,he was elected the national secretary and later national president of the National Union of Students. [15]
He contested as the parliamentary candidate of the NPP for Chogu Tishegu Constituency in 2000 but lost to Abubakari Sumani. In 2004,he was elected to contest as the NPP parliamentary candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency,he lost to Alhassan Wayo Seini of the NDC. [16]
President John Kufour appointed him as the Deputy Northern regional minister in 2005 and later the Mayor of Tamale.
He founded and served as executive director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) before taking on the position of Deputy Minister of Energy. In addition,he held a number of other posts in public and private organizations,including those of Africa Coordinator for Ibis' extractives industries,Commissioner of the Ghana Public Utilities Regulatory Commission,and Energy Policy Analyst at the Ministry of Energy in Ghana. [17]
Adam was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as Minister of Finance on February 14,2024 after Ken Ofori-Atta was relieved of his duties after seven years. [18]
Shortly after assuming office,Amin Anta released a tranche of seven million euros for the completion of the Kumasi International Airport. [19] [20]
Adam donated 10 water tanks to enhance water storage capacity at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. He also donated three dialysis machines and an amount of GHC 200,000 for the refurbishment of a defunct underground tank. [24] [25] [26]
Anta donated a one million Ghana cedis seed amount for the establishment of an educational fund for Aboabo,a suburb of Tamale,Ghana. He also donated a five hundred thousand Ghana cedis for an educational fund for Zogbeli. [27]
Adam is married to Rashida Adam. [28]
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