Kwame Asafu-Adjei is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing the Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency in the

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on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.

Early life and education

Adjei was born on 10 October 1950 in a town called

Nsuta Nsuta is a small town and is the capital of Sekyere Central, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atl ...

in the Ashanti Region. He acquired a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from

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in 1980.

Career

He worked as the chief executive officer of Asafaco Consult Company Limited in Accra. He was the Deputy Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (PPME) and the Head of the Livestock Planning Committee at MOFA.

Political career

He was elected into the sixth parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana on 7 January 2013 after he contested in the 2012 Ghanaian General Elections. He was then reelected into the seventh parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 2017 after obtaining 51.03% of the valid votes cast at the 2016 Ghanaian General Elections. He is a former Member of Parliament for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency. In 2017, he was the acting chairman of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs.

Personal life

He is a Christian and married with three children.

References

Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1950 births Living people New Patriotic Party politicians Tennessee State University alumni Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017 People from Ashanti Region {{Ghana-politician-stub