Boakye Agyarko
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The Honourable Boakye Agyarko |
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| MP for Ayawaso West | |
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Assumed office January 2009 |
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| President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
| Preceded by | Frema Opare |
| Minister of Energy | |
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Assumed office February 2017 |
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| President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Emmanuel Boakye Agyarko 1956 (age 60–61) Kumasi Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Alma mater | Mfantsipim School, University of Ghana, Pace University |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament, Minister |
| Profession | Banker, Economist |
Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko (born 1956) is a Ghanaian economist and politician. He was a vice president of the Bank of New York. He is a three-term Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West constituency and the current Minister of Energy and Petroleum of Ghana.
Agyarko was born in 1956, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to Kwasi Agyarko. His father was a merchant and United Party activist from Jamase, Ashanti Region and his mother was Jane Ladze Padi from Krobo Odumase in the Eastern Region.
Agyarko attended the K. O. Methodist Primary School in Ashtown and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Primary School in Kumasi. He then proceeded to Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast for his secondary education from where he had both his GCE Ordinary Level and GCE Advanced Level certified. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Ghana, Legon. He immigrated to the United States of America as a political refugee. While there he obtained an Advanced Professional Certificate in Banking from the American Institute of Banking and a Master of Business Administration in Financial Economics from Pace University, New York.
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