Frema Opare, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare (born 1948) is an astute development practitioner, an academic, and a

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ian politician. She represented Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in the Parliament of Ghana. She is the current and first female

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Early life and education

Frema was born on 6 June 1948. She hails from

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in the

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of Ghana. She had her bachelor's degree in

Home Science Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as texti ...

from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

. She proceeded to

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for a master's degree in Food Science.

Career

Frema lectured at the

as a lecturer at the Department of Home Science from 1976 to 1982. She eventually became the Head of department. She has also worked with the

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in the Women In Fisheries project in various capacities in

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, Congo and

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. Frema in 2005 - 2008 worked under the government of President

John Agyekum Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been sp ...

as the Deputy Minister for Manpower, Youth and Employment. She also once served a two term office as the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon.

Political career

Frema is a member of the

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. She served a two term office as the member of parliament representing Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency between 2005 and 2013 under the ticket of the NPP.

2004 Elections

Opare was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections. She thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. She was elected with 28,636votes out of 54,988 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52.1% of the total valid votes cast. She was elected over Henry Haruna Asante of the People's National Convention, Samuel Adiepena of the National Democratic Congress and Greenstreet Kobina 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 1.0%, 37.9% and 9.0% of the total valid votes cast. Opare was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. Her constituency was a part of the 17 constituencies won by the New Patriotic Party in the Greater Accra region in that elections. In all, the New Patriotic Party won a total 128 parliamentary seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Personal life

Frema is married with four children. She is a Christian.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opare, Frema Living people New Patriotic Party politicians University of Ghana alumni 1948 births Academic staff of the University of Ghana 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians University of Guelph alumni Chiefs of Staff of Ghana Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013