Kwabena Duffuor
Hon. Kwabena Duffuor | |
|---|---|
| Finance Minister | |
| In office January 2009 – January 2013 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Anthony Akoto Osei |
| Succeeded by | Seth Terkper |
| Governor, Bank of Ghana | |
| In office July 1997 – September 2001 | |
| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Preceded by | G.K. Agama |
| Succeeded by | Paul Acquah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 78–79) |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana Syracuse University |
| Profession | Banker, lecturer, politician |
Kwabena Duffuor was the Finance Minister of Ghana. He served as the governor of the Bank of Ghana. He was named as one of the four best Central Bank Governors in the World at an IMF/World Bank meeting in 1999. He is a Fellow of the Akuafo Hall, University of Ghana, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
Duffuor is the founder and chairman of HODA Holdings, a business entity comprising Insurance, Banking, Real Estates, Farming, Mining and Media. He is also the founder and president of the Institute for Fiscal Studies in Ghana, a non-profit think-tank providing economic advocacy and training which he established in March, 2013. He is also the founder of uniBank which controversially collapsed in 2018.