Albert Kan-Dapaah

Albert Kan-Dapaah (born 14 March 1953) is a Ghanaian chartered accountant and politician. He served as the Minister for National Security of Ghana under President Nana Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2024.

Early life and education Kan-Dapaah was born on 14 March 1953. He is an Ashanti and hails from Maase-Boaman in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Albert Kan-Dapaah had his secondary education at Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969. 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. 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.

Politics Albert 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. and 2004. He became Minister for Energy in the Kufuor government after the NPP won power in the 2000 elections. During the April 2003 cabinet reshuffle, he became the Minister for Communications and Technology. He became the Minister for Interior during Kufuor's second term.

Elections In 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. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 13,936 votes out of 17,863 total valid votes cast equivalent to 78% of total valid votes cast. 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. The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 13,824 votes out of 18,747 total valid votes cast equivalent to 73.74% of total valid votes cast. In 2021, he was installed as Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana.

Controversy On 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.

Other positions held 1996 - President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana 1996 - Vice-president, Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa