Albert Kan-Dapaah (born 14 March 1953) is a Ghanaian chartered accountant and politician. He is the current National Security Minister of Ghana[1] since his appointment by President Nana Akufo-Addo in January 2017.[2]
Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah | |
|---|---|
| Minister for National Security | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2017 | |
| President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
| 19th Minister for Defence | |
| In office August 2007 – January 2009 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Kwame Addo-Kufuor |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Henry Smith |
| 29th Minister for the Interior | |
| In office May 2006 – August 2007 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Papa Owusu-Ankomah |
| Succeeded by | Kwamena Bartels |
| 20th Minister for Communications | |
| In office 2003 – 2006 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Felix Owusu-Adjapong |
| Succeeded by | Mike Oquaye |
| Minister for Energy | |
| In office 2001 – 2003 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | John Frank Abu |
| Succeeded by | Paa Kwesi Nduom |
| Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere West | |
| In office 7 January 1997 – 6 January 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Beatrice Aboagye |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1953 |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Children | 4 |
| Profession | Chartered accountant |
Early life and education
editKan-Dapaah was born on 14 March 1953. He is an Ashanti and hails from Maase-Boaman in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[3] Albert Kan-Dapaah had his secondary education at Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969.[4] He then studied Accountancy at the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS), Legon. He had further Accountancy courses at the North East London Polytechnic, London and the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy.[4]
Career
editKan-Dapaah worked with Pannel Kerr Forster, a chartered accounting firm as an Audit Senior.[5] He worked in their offices in Monrovia, Liberia and London, UK between 1978 and 1986. Back in Ghana, he was the head of Audit at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) from January 1987.[4] In September 1987, he joined the Electricity Corporation of Ghana where he rose from Director of Audit to become Director for Finance, a position he held for six years.[5]
Kan-Dapaah was a partner in Kwesie, Kan-Dapaah and Baah Co., a firm of Chartered Accountants in Accra. He was also managing Consultant of Kan-Dapaah and Associates, a utility consultancy support group.[5] He has also lectured Auditing part-time at the School of Business Administration, University of Ghana and the University of Professional studies.[6][7]
Politics
editAlbert Kan-Dapaah was the Ashanti Regional Representative on the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) between 1992 and 1996. He was also a member of the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPP.[5] He won the Afigya-Sekyere seat at the 1996 parliamentary election. He took his seat in January 1997[5] in opposition and has held his seat in the two subsequent parliamentary elections in 2000[8] and 2004. He became Minister for Energy in the Kufuor government after the NPP won power in the 2000 elections.[9] During the April 2003 cabinet reshuffle, he became the Minister for Communications and Technology.[10] He became the Minister for Interior during Kufuor's second term.[11]
Elections
editIn the year 2000, Kan-Dapaah won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Afigya Sekyere West constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[12] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[12] His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[13] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats.[13] He was elected with 10,605 votes out of 14,878 total valid votes cast.[12][13] This was equivalent to 72.2% of the total valid votes cast.[12] He was elected over Beatrice Aboagye of the National Democratic Congress, S.Osei Yaw of the Convention People's Party, Agyem Vincent of the People's National Convention and Tawiah Joseph of the New Reformed Party.[12] These won 3,806, 129, 82 and 62 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively.[12] These were equivalent to 25.9%, 0.9%, 0.6%, and 0.4% respectively of total valid votes cast.[12]
Kan-Dapaah was elected as the member of parliament for the Afigya-Sekyere West constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the third time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[14] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[14] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[15] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[16] He was elected with 13,936 votes out of 17,863 total valid votes cast equivalent to 78% of total valid votes cast.[14] He was elected over Ampofo Stephen of the Peoples’ National Convention, Joseph Baah of the National Democratic Congress and A.S. Osei Yaw of the Convention People's Party.[14] These obtained 0.8%, 20.1%, and 1% respectively of total valid votes cast.[14]
In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[17] His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[18] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[19] He was elected with 13,824 votes out of 18,747 total valid votes cast equivalent to 73.74% of total valid votes cast.[17] He was elected over Joyce Oduro of the Peoples' National Congress, Joseph Baah of the National Democratic Congress and James Gyimah Dabo of the Convention People's Party.[17] These obtained 1.28%, 23.07%, and 1.91% respectively of the total votes cast.[17]
Personal life
editKan-Dapaah is married with four children. He is the uncle of Collins Adomako-Mensah.[20] In 2021, he was installed as Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana.[21]
Controversy
editOn 15 January 2020, a video of a flirtatious WhatsApp video call between Albert Kan-Dapaah and a young woman popped up on social media leading to several calls for his resignation from the position as National Security Minister.[22][23][24][25][26][27]
Other positions held
edit- 1996 - President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana[28]
- 1996 - Vice-president, Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa[29]
References
edit- ^ "National security policy document to be ready by end of 2020 – Kan Dapaah". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Nana Addo names Kan-Dapaah as National Security Minister". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Profile:Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah (NPP) (Afigya- Sekyere West)". Members of Parliament. Ghana Districts.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ a b c "Minister for Interior". Profile of Ministers. Ghana government. Archived from the original on 11 April 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ a b c d e "Albert Kan-Dapaah". Famous People. Ghana Home Page. Archived from the original on 23 April 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ "Kan-Dapaah appointed Director, Centre for Public Accountability". Graphic Online. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Profiles of Akufo-Addo's 1st batch of minister nominees". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "MP: Ashanti Region". General News of Tuesday, 12 December 2000. Ghana Home Page. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ "President Kufuor swears 10 more ministers". General News of Thursday, 8 February 2001. Ghana Home Page. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ "Government names new Cabinet". General News of Tuesday, 1 April 2003. Ghana Home Page. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ "Kufuor restructures ministerial team". General News of Friday, 28 April 2006. Ghana Home Page. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result - Elaction 2000. Electoral Commission of Ghana. 2007. p. 62.
- ^ a b c FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 117.
- ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace (17 December 2014). "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 57.
- ^ FM, Peace (17 December 2014). "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ MyNewsGH (19 June 2020). "Skeletons of alleged fraud trail Afigya Kwabre's Collins Adomako-Mensah 24 hours to NPP primaries". MyNewsGh. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Okyere, Gertrude (10 May 2021). "Kan Dapaah installed as Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "'Don't Judge Me Wrongly' – Slay Queen Who Leaked Kan Dapaah's 'Pyjamas Video' Speaks". 15 January 2020.
- ^ "JUST IN: The Man behind Kan-Dapaah's leaked video call with side chick pops up, begs for mercy (Photos)". 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Don't judge me wrongly – Lady at centre of Kan Dapaah's leaked video speaks". 14 January 2020.
- ^ "National security boss Kan-Dapaah's video chat with young lady goes viral (watch)". Pulse Ghana. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "National Security Minister trolled on social media over leaked video". GhanaWeb. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Owusu-Mensah, Jeffrey (12 January 2020). "Naughty video of National Security Minister Kan Dapaah and his side chic leaks". Yen - Ghana news. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Zaney, G. D.; Esq. (21 October 2019). "Ghana: ICAG Holds 33rd Graduation and Admission, 267 Admitted Into Membership". allAfrica. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Albert Kan Dapaah chairs WAAPAC". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 19 January 2021.