Nana Ato Arthur is the member of parliament for Komenda-Edina-Ehuafo-Abirem in the Central region of Ghana.

Personal life

Nana is married with three children. He is a

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Early life and education

Nana was born on 24 December 1961 in Abrem Berase in the Central region. He attended

KNUST , mottoeng = The knot of wisdom is untied only by the wise , established = 1952;

where he had MSc in Development Planning and Management. He also had PG Dip in Regional Planning and Management at Universitat Dortmund in

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. He also had his BSc in Eng at

South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University (SCAU; ) is a provincial public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Founded in 1909, the university is considered to have an advantage in the field of agricultural science. It is a Double First Class ...

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. He also had PhD in Development Studies at Centre of Development Research in

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

in 2012 in

Politics

Nana is a member of New Patriotic Party. He was the Regional Minister of Central Regional Coordinating Council in Cape Coast from May 2006-January 2009. He was the Deputy regional Minister of Central Regional Coordinating Council in Cape Coast from May 2005- May 2006. He was the DCE of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem District Assembly from March 2001-May 2005 in Elmina.

Employment

He was an Engineer of Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) in Accra from March 1991- December 1998. He was the Management Consultant of State Enterprises Commission in Accra from December 1998-March 2001. He is the current Vice-president of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM),

References

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