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MPs Elected In The Ghanaian Parliamentary Election, 1996
This is a list of Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Parliament of Ghana for the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana at the 1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996 parliamentary election, held on 7 December 1996. The list is arranged by Regions of Ghana, region and constituencies. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at the #By-elections, bottom of the page. Composition List of MPs elected in the general election The following table is a list of MPs elected on 7 December 1996, ordered by Regions of Ghana, region and constituency. The previous MP and previous party column shows the MP and party holding the seat. __NOTOC__ Ghana Parliament Regional Maps 1996 Ashanti Region https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/scTRg/3/ Greater Accra Region https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/iuhus/1/ Brong Ahafo Region https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Hxx5g/2/ Central Region https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Boakye-Yiadom
Anthony Boakye-Yiadom is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of parliament that represented Amansie West constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana with the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. Politics Anthony Boakye-Yiadom's political career began after he contested for the office of the member of the parliament to represent Amannsie West Constituency in the 1996 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He took the seat from Mr. Kofi Amankwaa Peasah of National Democratic Congress after obtaining 24,874 votes to beat Mr Kwaku Aninkora Sie of the National Democratic Congress who had 11,789 votes, Mr. E.K.Berko of the People's National Convention who had 1,174 votes and Mr. John Nimoh of the National Convention Party who had 1,160 votes. He was succeeded in office by Stephen Cobbinah Buor-Karikari of the New Patriotic Party who won the 2000 Ghanaian general election General elections were he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwasi Osei-Adjei
Akwasi Osei-Adjei (born 27 December 1949) is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Ejisu-Juaben constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. Political career Osei-Adjei is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2005. He has since then had a run of five consecutive terms in office. He was the MP for Ejisu-Juaben constituency. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2007 to February 2009. He became the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry from April 2003. Elections Osei-Adjei was first elected into Parliament as a member of the Ejisu-Juaben Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana during the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections with 34,521 votes out of the 45,648 valid votes cast representing 63.20%. Osei-Adjei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Coleman
Grace Coleman (29 April 1943 – 27 August 2009) was a Ghanaian politician and a member of Parliament for the Effiduase Asokore Constituency representing the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. Early life and education Coleman was born at Effiduase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She attended Wesley Girls High School from 1962, she obtained her Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates and continued her education at the University of Ghana, Legon, where she studied Economics and obtained a Bachelor's degree. Coleman earned her master's degree at Vanderbilt University in the United States of America in 1979, and also achieved a certificate in Leadership and Development at Harvard University in 1998. Career From 1968 to 1974, Coleman worked with the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), Ejisu branch in Kumasi, where she rose to become the branch manager, and between 1975 and 1980, she was a Senior Economic Officer at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poku Adu-Gyamfi
Poku Adu Gyamfi is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic Republic representing the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Ghana Parliamentary Register Early life and education Adu was born Bosomtwe, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended the University of Hohenhem and also the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute). Politics Adu was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He polled 11,606 votes out of the 22,537 valid votes cast representing 34.60% against Joseph Oteng-Adjei and NDC member who polled 7,339 votes, Bernard Kwabena Asamoah a CPP member who polled 3,389 votes and Joseph Appiah a PNC member who polled 203 votes. In the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections for the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Yaw Amoah
Gabriel Yaw Amoah is a Ghanaian politician and a lawyer. He was a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana and a former member of parliament for the Bosome-Freho district as well as the district chief executive of the district. Early life and education Amoah was born at Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Politics Amoah was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections for the Bosome-Freho Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Amoah was a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana and a politician of the New Patriotic Party. His political career began in 1996 when he contested in the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections as a representative of the Bosome-Freho constituency. He won against the National Democratic Congress candidate, Owusu Pra Ababio with 9,431 making 40% of the total valid votes cast. He contested again in the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Agyei-Acheampong
Alexander Agyei-Acheampong is a Ghanaian politician. He served as a member of parliament for the Bekwai constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Politics Alexander had a breakthrough in his political career when he contested for the office of the MP to represent Bekwai Constituency in the 1996 Ghanaian general elections and won it. He had since then become an active and important member of the New Patriotic Party he also became the party's national chairman, Germany branch. Elections Alexander contested as a candidate to represent Bekwai Constituency with the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the 1996 Ghanaian general elections and won. He was declared winner after being confirmed to have obtained the highest vote count among other contestants. He obtained 28,313 votes while his main opponent, Mr. Kwaku Poku-Agyemang who contested on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress obtained 7,301 votes. These mentioned numbers are equivalent to 63.10% and 16.30% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Winfred Anane
Richard Winfred Anane (born March 12, 1954) is a physician and former Ghanaian politician who served as Minister for Roads and Highways, Minister for Health, and Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso serving from 1997 to 2017. Early life and education Anane was born on 12 March 1954. He hails from Santasi in the Ashanti Region. He received his high school education in Asanteman Senior High School. In 1983, Anane received an MB CHB from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Career Anane was the doctor of Hebron Clinic, Bantama before he became a Member of Parliament in 1997. Political career Anane is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He contested in the 2012 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party and won. He obtained 36,067 votes out of the 47, 535 valid votes cast, representing 75.9% of the total votes cast in the 2012 election, exemplifying his popularity in his constituency. Anane served in multiple cabine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Edusei Sarkodie
James Edusei Sarkodie is a Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament for the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency from 1997 to 2005.Ghana Parliamentary Register Early life and education Edusei was born in Atwima in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Politics Edusei was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections representing the Atwima Mponua constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He polled 31,088 votes out of the 42,146 representing 61.90%. During the 2000 General Election, he polled 38,959 votes out of the 48,153 valid votes cast representing 80.90%. He was defeated by Benito Owusu Bio in the 2004 parliamentary primaries. Elections In the year 2000, Sarkodie won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Atwima Mponua constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwasi Dante Afriyie
Akwasi Dante Afriyie is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He served as a member of parliament for the Atwima Mponua Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Politics Akwasi Dante Afriyie took seat firstly during the 1997 Ghanaian general election. In 2000, he won with a majority of 8,153 votes on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He lost the seat during the 2004 Ghanaian general election to Isaac Kwame Asiamah of NPP. Elections In the year 2000, Afriyie won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Atwima Mponua constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. He was elected with 20,245 votes out of 33,726 total valid vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Kwaku Antwi
Matthew Kwaku Antwi (born 1941) is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Atwima-Kwanwoma constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. Early life and education Antwi was born on October 4, 1941. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Science and a Phd. Career Antwi is a research scientist. Political career Antwi is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He began his career in 1997 after emerging the winner of the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He was the reelected on 7 January 2005 after emerging winner in the 2004 Ghanaian General Election in December that year. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Atwima-Kwanwoma constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana. Elections Antwi was first elected into Parliament on the Ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Osei-Kwaku
Edward Osei-Kwaku was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He served as the deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, and Minister of Youth and Sports during the Kufuor administration. He also served as a member of parliament for the Asokwa West constituency from 7 January 1997 to 6 January 2005. Education Osei-Kwaku was educated at Prempeh College (Kumasi) then at Adisadel College (Cape Coast) and from there obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana. Career Prior to entering politics, Osei-Kwaku worked as a lawyer at his Law firm, Afriyie Chambers. Politics Osei-Kwaku was a member of the New Patriotic Party, he served as the member of parliament for the Asokwa West constituency from 7 January 1997 to 6 January 2005. During the 1996 Ghanaian general election, he polled 42,734 votes which accounted for 52.7% of the total votes cast, and during the 2000 Ghanaian general election, he polled 48,738 votes which accounted for 74.5% of the total votes cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
