Ghana central bank head named vice president

ACCRA, July 31 (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Dramani

Mahama has chosen Central Bank Governor Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as

his vice-president, a spokesman for Mahama told a local radio

station on Tuesday.

Mahama took over as Ghana's president last week when

President John Atta Mills died unexpectedly.

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party has

since said that it will name Mahama as its candidate in an

election due at the end of the year.

(Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Writing by David Lewis; Editing by

Michael Roddy)