Joseph Boahen Aidoo (born 13 December 1957) is a Ghanaian politician who served as a

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for the Amenfi East constituency in the Western Region.

Early life and education

He was born on 13 December 1957 in Wassa Afransie in the Wassa Amenfi East District in the Western region of Ghana. He holds a degree in Geography specialising in Resource Development from the University of Ghana and an MPhil degree in

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also from

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 ...

. He has a certificate in

Land Reform Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural ...

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and

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from the Land Reform Institute LRTI Taoyuang,

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Career

He is a Research fellow and a lecturer. He was a lecturer at the

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is a public University of Ghana that focuses on science and technology. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the public university established in the country, as well a ...

and a research fellow. He was a researcher with the Institute of Land Management and Development ILMAD and did extensive work on land and cocoa. He has been the principal country researcher for a number of International Organisations such as the United Nation's Food And Agricultural Organisation

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and the

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(IFPRI), Washington, as well as

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. He has a number of publications to his name.Key amongst them are K.Otsuka, J.B Aidoo et al. "''Land Tenure and the Management of the Land Trees, the case of Customary Land Tenure Areas of Ghana''". A Quisumbing, J.B Aidoo et al. 2001; "''Evolution of Land Customary Land Tenure Agroforestry in Ghana''". A. R. Quisumbing, J.B AIDOO et al. 1998 ''"Women's land Rights in the Transition to Individualised Ownership"''. K. Otsuka, J.B Aidoo et al. 1998 ''"Causes and consequences of Changing Land Tenure Institutions in Western Ghana"''. Cornish, G. and Aidoo, J. and Ayamby, I. (2001) ''Informal irrigation in the peri-urban zone of Kumasi, Ghana - an analysis of farmer activity and productivity.'' Project Report. HR Wallingford Ltd. Cornish, G. and Aidoo, J. (2000) ''Informal irrigation in the peri-urban zone of Kumasi, Ghana: findings from an initial questionnaire survey.'' Project Report. HR Wallingford Ltd. He was appointed as the Western Regional Minister from 2001 to 2006 by the then President John Agyekum Kuffour. He was also the Member of Parliament for Amenfi East Constituency from 2001 to 2012 on the ticket of the NPP

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. In 2020, he worked as the chief executive officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board. He was also the former Western Regional Minister. He was presented with Best Construction Industry CEO of SIGA Award for the year 2020-2021

Politics

He is a member of

. He was the member of parliament for Amenfi East constituency in the Western region of Ghana for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 18,576 votes out of 35,832total valid voted cast on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He was elected over Akwasi Opong Fosu of the National Democratic Congress and Samuel Yaw Obeng-Damoah of the

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. These obtained 45.33% and 2.83% respectively of total valid votes cast. He was appointed as Minister of State for the Western Region. In the year 2000, Joseph Boahen Aidoo was elected as the member of parliament for the Amenfi East constituency of the Western Region of

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in the

2000 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December.New Patriotic Party , logo = , colorcode = #132f7a , founder = , founded = 28 July 1992 , dissolved = , leader = Nana Akufo-Addo , chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim Stephen Ntim elected NPP National Chairman on fifth attempt http://www.gna.org.gh/1.2152672 ...

. His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Western Region. He won 14,578 votes out of the total valid votes cast. This is equivalent to 55.90% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over George Buadi of the National Democratic Congress and Gabriel Yaw Amoo-Gyedu of the

. These obtained 10,802 and 694 votes respectively of the total votes cast. These are equivalent to 41.40% and 2.70% respectively.

Personal life

He is married with five children. He is a Christian as a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aidoo, Joseph Living people New Patriotic Party politicians Government ministers of Ghana Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 Politicians from Western Region (Ghana) 1958 births