Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, an economist, academician and politician, has been Vice-President of Ghana since 2012. Prior to that, he was Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 2009 to 2012. Mahamudu Bawumia is also a Ghanaian economist and banker. He was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana until his nomination as the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2008, standing alongside presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo.