Owusu Afriyie Akoto
Owusu Afriyie Akoto | |
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Owusu Afriyie Akoto in 2019 | |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
| In office February 2017 – 2023 | |
| President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
| Preceded by | Fiifi Kwetey |
| Succeeded by | Bryan Acheampong |
| MP for Kwadaso | |
| In office January 2009 – January 2017 | |
| President | John Evans Atta Mills John Dramani Mahama |
| Preceded by | Josephine Hilda Addo |
| Succeeded by | Samiu Kwadwo Nuamah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1949 Koforidua, Ghana |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Children | 8 |
| Relatives | Bafuor Osei Akoto, father |
| Education | B.S. agriculture, University of Ghana M.S. agricultural economics, Cambridge University PhD, Cambridge University, 1985 |
| Profession | Agricultural economist |
Owusu Afriyie Akoto (born 19 October 1949) is a Ghanaian agricultural economist and politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was a Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso Constituency from 2009 to 2017. He was a cabinet minister in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration and served as Minister of Food and Agriculture of Ghana. He resigned on 10 January 2023 to focus on his presidential ambition. He holds MSc and PHD Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Cambridge, England.