Kwaku Agyemang-Manu

Kwaku Agyemang-Manu (born September 6, 1955) a Ghanaian politician is the Member of Parliament for Dormaa Central Constituency and the Minister of Health. Agyemang-Manu is a Chartered Management Accountant and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana in 1989.

Agyemang-Manu served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the immediate past Parliament and was the acting CEO of the National Health Authority in 2006, and also the deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning under former President's Kufuor administration (2001 to 2008). Under the government of President Kufuor, he served in various ministries as a Deputy Minister of State in the following Ministries: Trade and Industry, Interior, Finance, Communications, and Roads and Transport. He has served on the Boards of institutions such as the Small Arms Commission of Ghana, the Ghana Revenue Authority, Bank of Ghana, and the Divestiture Implementation Committee.

In May, 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Kwaku Agyemang-Manu as part of nineteen ministers who would form his cabinet. The names of the 19 ministers were submitted the Parliament of Ghana and announced by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye. As a Cabinet minister, Agyemang-Manu is part of the inner circle of the president and is to aid in key decision making activities in the country.

Agyemang-Manu, a Christian is from Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region. He is married with six children.

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