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Amara M. Konneh (born 7 December 1972) is the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Liberia. He is a core member of President Johnson Sirleaf's Economic Management Team and is credited with helping to stabilize the Liberian economy from the effects of a protracted civil war and the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Mr. Konneh is also National Coordinator of the Liberia Development Alliance that coordinates the implementation of Liberia’s development agenda (Agenda for Transformation - 2012 - 2017). He also successfully coordinated the successful implementation of the Lift Liberia Poverty Reduction Strategy, the administration's three year post-conflict plan from 2008 to 2011. He also coordinated the formulation of Liberia's long term development perspective and first national vision, known as ''Liberia RISING 2030''. He is a graduate from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a master's degee in public administration with a concentration in political and economic development. Mr. Konneh also provides leadership for several continental, regional and sub-regional organizations. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Mano River Union (MRU) Ministerial Council and currently serves as the Chairperson of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Africa Group 1 Constituency and is the coordinator of all the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) activities in Liberia. He was named Africa's Finance Minister of the Year 2014 by The Banker magazine for his efforts to reform, stabilize and grow the Liberian economy. == Early life and career == On December 7, 1972, Amara Konneh was born in Balla Bassa, Gbamah District, Gbarpolu County, Liberia to the late Majumah Konneh and the late Mamadee Konneh. He spent his formative years in Balla Bassa Town then moved to Monrovia in 1985 in order to continue is formal education having completed elementary school. He graduated from Monrovia College (high school) in 1990.〔(Ministry of Finance website )〕 Shortly after graduating high school, Amara Konneh became a refugee in Guinea, and established a free school for Liberian refugees with proceeds from corn and beans he harvested from his farm. His leadership at the school led to an offer by the International Rescue Committee to serve as the Education Coordinator for Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugee schools throughout Beyla Prefecture in the Guinea Forest Region. He served in this capacity from 1991 - 1993 and supervised the development of 18 community schools, including the first high school in the Beyla Prefecture, and coordinated curriculum development, teacher training, and resource mobilization.〔"Remarks at Launch of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers," University of Liberia, 5 August 2011〕 Upon emigration to the United States in 1993, he enrolled at Drexel University where he was awarded the Anthony J. Drexel Academic and Leadership Scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in information systems with distinction, following which he earned a graduate degree in Management from Pennsylvania State University. He worked at Vanguard Group of Investment Companies, a Fortune 500 Company in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania where he was recruited into the highly competitive and prestigious Smart Leadership Program upon graduation. After more than a decade of working with development foundations and as a policy, financial systems analyst and project manager in Guinea and the United States, Konneh returned to Liberia to serve his country in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amara Mohamed Konneh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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