Kosi Kedem (born 15 April 1945) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Second and Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Hohoe south Constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana.Ghana Parliamentary Register
Early life and education
Kedem was born on 15 April 1945, at Hohoe south in the Volta Region of Ghana. He attended the University of Ghana where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts. He also attended the University of Cape Coast and studied Philosophy, Library and obtained his Master in Philosophy.
Career
Kedem was a former member of Parliament for the Hohoe South Constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana. He is also a librarian.
Politics
Kedem was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ...
held on 29 December 1992.
He was then re-elected into the second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the December 2000 Ghanaian General elections for the Hohoe South Constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Elections
Kedem was elected as the member of parliament for the Hohoe South constituency 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. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
His constituency was a part of the 17 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Volta Region. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
He was elected with 13,306 votes out of 29,033 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 47.3% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Bennett K. Dokey of the New Patriotic Party, Delali Ndo an independent candidate, James Flolu of the Convention People's Party and Brese R. Senyo of the National Reformed Party.
These obtained 9,043, 4,489, 834 and 450 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 32.2%, 16%, 3% and 1.6% respectively of total valid votes cast.
Personal life
Kedem 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 ...