Albert Abongo (born September 15, 1959) is a Ghanaian politician and

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

. Abongo is from the

Bongo District Bongo District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1446. The municipality is located in the central part o ...

near the city of Bolgatanga,

Upper East Region The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It occupies a total land surface of 8,842 square kilometers or 2.7 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. The Upper East regi ...

and is a member of the National Democratic Congress and the

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for Bongo.

Early life and education

Albert Abongo was born in 1959 at Gowrie-Bongo in the

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. He holds a

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1986. He also attended University of Trondheim in Norway and studied Ports and Coastal Engineering in 1992. He worked as a civil engineer with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority prior to entering politics. He is a

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

and married with seven children.

Career

Abongo is an engineer by profession.

Politics

Abongo is a member of the National Democratic Congress and was the Upper East Regional Minister. In February 2009, he was appointed Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing by President Mills. He had a run of 4 terms in office as the member of the parliament representing the Bongo Constituency coming into office in January 2001. He was also a member of the committee on Health, House, Land and Forestry.

Elections

Abongo was elected as the member of parliament for the Bongo constituency of the

for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 13 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Upper East Region. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 17,397 votes out of 28,645 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 60.7% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Abugre Felix of the Peoples’ National Convention, Andrews Awuni Aberibire of the New Patriotic Party and Amoro Mpuse of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Conven ...

. These obtained 719, 10,311 and 218 votes respectively of total votes cast. These were equivalent to 2.5%, 36% and 0.8% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Abongo is a Christian.

References

External links

Profile on GhanaDistricts.com

Official website

website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abongo, Albert 1959 births Living people Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 Ghanaian chemical engineers Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni Government ministers of Ghana National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Ghanaian Christians Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni People from Upper East Region