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Yaw Osafo-Maafo

Politician

Yaw Osafo-Maafo is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Yaw Osafo-Maafo				[sources]
Weak alias	Maafo · Osafo · Osafo-Maafo				[sources]
Birth date	1942				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ghana				[sources]
Citizenship	Ghana				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Yaw				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2599806				[sources]
Position	Member of the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (1997-2001) · Member of the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2001-2005) · Member of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (2005-2009) · Minister for Education (2005-2006) · Minister for Finance and Economic Planning (2001-2005) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Achimota School · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology				[sources]
Religion	Christian				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-09-28

Descriptions

Ghanaian former Member of Parliament and former Finance Minister

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-05-04

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Education	2005-02-01	2006-01-01
Member of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana	2005-01-07

Data sources

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,569

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Source data IDs: us-cia-ghana-yaw-osafo-maafo-senior-minister · us-cia-ghana-yaw-osafo-maafo-senior-min

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