Gibril Adamu Mohammed was a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the

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representing Asawase constituency of the

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in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was a member of the National Democratic Congress.

Career

Mohammed was a medical doctor by profession.

Political career

Mohammed was a member of the National Democratic Congress. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.

Elections

Mohammed was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase 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 three parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Ashanti Region. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 33,541 votes out of 67,485 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 49.7% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Thomas Atigah of the People's National Convention, Patricia Appiagyei of the New Patriotic Party, Hassan B. A. Abu-Bong 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 ...

, Adam Diyawu Rahaman of the Democratic People's Party and Abdul Majeed Alhassan an independent candidate. These obtained 1,598, 29,067, 570, 204 and 2,505 votes respectively of total votes cast. These were equivalent to 2.4%, 43.1%, 0.8%, 0.3% and 3.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Mohammed was a Muslim.

Death

Mohammed died shortly after winning the parliamentary seat for Asawase constituency on 15 February 2005.

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