George Yaw Gyan-Baffour (an haife shi 27 Maris 1951)[1] ɗan Ghana ne masanin tattalin arziki kuma ɗan siyasa. Tsohon dan majalisa ne wanda ya wakilci mazabar Wenchi daga 2005 zuwa 2021. Farfesa ne a Jami'ar Howard da ke Washington, D.C., daga 1993 zuwa 2001. Ya kasance memba a New Patriotic Party kuma tsohon ministan tsare-tsare a Ghana. .
An haifi Gyan-Baffour a Wenchi a yankin Brong Ahafo na kasar Ghana. Ya halarci Jami'ar Ghana inda ya kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki.[2] Ya wuce Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta Helsinki da ke Finland inda ya sami Diploma a fannin Tattalin Arziki. Daga baya ya sami digirinsa na biyu da digirin digirgir na Falsafa bayan ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Wisconsin, Madison.[2][3] Har ila yau, yana da takardar shaidar difloma a Jami'ar Harvard.[4]
George Gyan-Baffour farfesa ne a fannin gudanarwa a jami'ar Howard daga 1993 zuwa 2001.[4] Bayan nasarar da sabuwar jam'iyyar Patriotic Party ta samu a babban zaben kasar Ghana a shekara ta 2000, ya koma Ghana inda shugaba John Kufour ya nada shi a matsayin babban darakta na jam'iyyar. Hukumar Tsare-tsare ta Kasa a shekarar 2002.[2][5][6] A wannan lokacin ne ya kafa tsarin farko na sa ido da tantance yawan ci gaban kasa. Ya lura da ci gaban Shirin Haɗin kai don Ci gaban Tattalin Arziki da Ci gaban Jama'a na Ghana.[6]
Ya yi murabus daga mukamin a shekarar 2004 domin ya ci gaba da burinsa na siyasa. A waccan shekarar, ya tsaya takarar majalisar dokokin mazabar Wenchi a kan tikitin New Patriotic Party. Ya ci zabe kuma ya ci zabe uku da suka biyo baya a shekarar 2008, 2012 da 2016. Shugaba Kufour ya nada shi mataimakin ministan kudi da tsare-tsare na tattalin arziki daga Maris 2005 zuwa Disamba 2008.[6]
A cikin 2015, ya fito fili ya nuna adawa da shirin gwamnatin Mahama na neman tallafin gwamnati daga asusun lamuni na duniya.[7] Ya yi imanin cewa, za a iya magance matsalar tattalin arzikin da kasar ke fama da shi ta hanyar samun lamuni a cikin gida.[7]
A lokacin zabukan ‘yan majalisar dokokin kasar na shekarar 2012, Gyan-Baffour ya samu kashi 50.83% na dukkanin kuri’un da aka kada inda ya doke Yaw Osei Agyei na jam’iyyar National Democratic Congress, Ebenezer Gyimah Koomson na jam’iyyar Progressive Peoples’ Party da Jacob Steve Kojo Akasampah Gyan na jam’iyyar National Democratic Party.[5][8]
Da yake masanin tattalin arziki, Gyan-Baffour ya fi zama a cikin kwamitocin majalisar da ke da alaka da filinsa. Sun hada da: Kwamitin Kasafi na Musamman; Kwamitin ciniki, masana'antu da yawon shakatawa; Kwamitin Ilimi; Kwamitin Rage Talauci; kuma shugaban riko na kwamitin kasafin kudi na musamman.[3][6]
A ranar 12 ga Janairu, 2017, Shugaba Nana Akuffo-Addo ya zabe shi a matsayin ministan tsare-tsare.[9] Shugaban ya kira shi "masanin tattalin arziki da ake mutuntawa tare da cancantar kwarewa a matsayinsa na tsohon shugaban Hukumar Tsare-tsare ta Kasa".[10] An tuhume shi da fassara tsarin zaɓe na Jam’iyyar New Patriotic Party zuwa maƙasudan ci gaban ƙasa.[10][11]
Kwamitin nade-nade na Majalisar ya tantance shi ne a watan Fabrairun 2017. A yayin tantance shi, ya shaida wa kwamitin cewa Ghana ba ta bukatar shirin ci gaba na shekaru 40 saboda yana kawo tsaiko.[12] A ganinsa tsarin da bai da tsayi zai fi kyau kuma zai taimaka wajen kaucewa duk wani takunkumi da zai yi illa ga ci gaban Ghana.[7] Kwamitin ya amince da shi ne bayan ya cika dukkan bukatun da ake bukata na karamin minista.[13] Shugaban kasar Akuffo-Addo ne ya rantsar da shi a ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairun 2017.[14]
Gyan-Baffour ɗan ƙwararren masanin tattalin arziki ne na Ghana. Ya kasance memba a hukumar gudanarwar hukumomin gwamnatin Ghana daban-daban da suka hada da Bankin Ghana, Majalisar Binciken Kimiyya da Masana'antu da Cibiyar Gudanarwa da Gudanar da Jama'a ta Ghana.[6]
George Gyan-Baffour yana da aure da ’ya’ya bakwai.[3] Shi memba ne na Cocin Katolika a Ghana.[3][15]