Kwaku Kwarteng

Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng (born February 12, 1969) is a Ghanaian civil engineer, economist, and politician. He is a two term Member of Parliament for Obuasi West constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is a member of Ghana's New Patriotic Party and a deputy minister of finance.

Life Early life Kwaku Kwarteng was born on February 12, 1969, in Kokofu in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in nearby Kumasi, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1996. He later obtained a Master of Science degree also in civil engineering from the same university in 2013. He also has an M.A. in Economic Policy Management from the University of Ghana in 2009.

Career Much of the working life of Kwaku Kwarteng has been in politics. He served as the Government of Ghana spokesperson on finance from 2006 to 2009. They were to work under Ken Ofori-Atta. Kwarteng was vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament in March 2017. During his vetting, he claimed that the John Dramani Mahama administration had left outstanding arrears of 7 billion cedis owed various institutions in the country. The minority discredited the claim saying there was no such debt. Kwarteng also restated the government's desire to bring down the interest rate. The committee approved him for the position for which he had been appointed.

In the 2016 Ghana general elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 32,049 votes whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant John Alexander Ackon had 11,587 votes.

In the 2020 Ghana general elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 33,383 votes whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant Faustilove Appiah Kannin had 15,141 votes.

He is also the Deputy Minister for Finance. While in parliament, he has served on several committees including Communications Committee. He is currently the Chairperson of the Finance Committee and also a member of the Communications Committee.

Personal life Kwarteng is married with three children. He identifies as a Catholic.