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Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu was born in 1952 at Agogo. He attended the University of Ghana from 1974-1977. He is married with 6 children.

He has been the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Asante Akim North Constituency since 1997. He is a Christian by religion.

Positions held:
2006-2008 Minister of Finance & Economic Planning
2006 Millennium Challenge Account Board Member
2006 Privileges Committee Member
2006 Youth, Sport and Culture Committee Member
2005 Asante Akim North Constituency Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North
2001-2006 Minister of Local Government, Rural Development & Environment
2001-2004 Asante Akim North Constituency Member of Parliament
1996-2000 Asante Akim North Constituency Member of Parliament
1996 Asante Wiredu and Associates Partner - Asante Wiredu and Associates
1981-1985 Chartered Accountant
1974 -1977 University of Ghana Degree in B.Sc. Administration

Kwadwo Baah Wiredu is a Ghanaian politician and a chartered accountant. He has been a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ghana since January 1997 and has been a Minister in the Kufuor government since 2001. He is reported to have passed away on 24th September 2008 in South Africa after a short illness

Early life and education
Baah Wiredu was born in Asante Akim Agogo. He started his secondary education at the Kumasi High School, Kumasi in 1967. He obtained the GCE Ordinary Level Certificate in 1972.

He had his sixth form education at Prempeh College, also in Kumasi. Baah Wiredu proceeded to the University of Ghana in 1974 and obtained a B.Sc. in Administration (Accounting option). He then did a four-year course with the Institute of Chartered Accountants qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1985.

Kwadwo Baah Wiredu has worked at various positions with the now defunct Ghana Airways airline and the Volta River Authority. He has worked as a senior consultant on computer-systems and as finance manager of Ananse Systems.

In addition, he was a partner in Asante Wiredu and Associates, an accounting firm, prior to being an MP. Honourable Kwadwo Baah Wiredu died on the 24th of September, 2008 in South Africa. He would always be remembered as one of the most influential and dynamic ministers Ghana has ever had.

Politics
Baah Wiredu was one of the campaigners against the Union government (UNIGOV) concept put forward by General Acheampong’s Supreme Military Council in 1978. He joined the New Patriotic Party when it was formed in 1992.

He became an MP in the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic after the 1996 parliamentary elections and has retained his seat since then. He became a minister in John Kufuor’s NPP government since 2001. He has so far held the portfolios of Local Government and Rural Development (2001-2003) and Education, Youth and Sports (2003-2005).

He is currently the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, a position he has held since 2005. He died on Wednesday 24th September, 2008 in South Africa.