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Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah 
Minister For Interior

Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah was born on March 14, 1953. He attended Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969 and proceeded to the Institute of Professional Studies to study Accountancy .

In 1975, he enrolled at the North East London Polytechnic, London, and then to the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, where he obtained qualifications in Accountancy.

The Minister for Interior is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (U.K.) and Member of the Ghana Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Mr Kan-Dapaah has held several positions in private firms and public institutions since 1978. He was an Audit Senior with Pannel Kerr Forster, a chartered accounting firm and was transferred to its Monrovia and London offices between 1978 and 1986.

In January 1987, he was the Head of Audit, Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).
He joined the Electricity Company of Ghana as Director of Audit in September 1987 and rose to become the Director of Finance , a position that he occupied for six years.

Mr Kan-Dapaah is also a partner of the Kwesie, Kan-Dapaah and Baah Co., a firm of Chartered Accountants in Accra as well as the managing Consultant of Kan-Dapaah and Associates, a utility consultancy support group.

He was also a part-time lecturer in Auditing at the School of Administration, University of Ghana and Institute of Professional Studies.

In 1996, he was elected as the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, as well as the Vice-President, Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa.

Between 1987 and 1995, he held directorship positions at SSB Consumer Credit Limited, Alternate Board Member of Kabel Metal Ghana Limited, and New Times Corporation.

Mr Kan-Dapaah was the Ashanti Regional Representative on the National Council of the New patriotic Party (NPP) and member of the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPP between 1992 and 1996.

He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Sekyere West Constituency since January 1997.
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