Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng (born 1 November 1972) is a
Ghana
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ian politician and member of the
Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the
Berekum West constituency in the Brong-Ahafo Region on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party
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.
Education
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Planning from
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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in 1997. He pursued his Masters of Science in Public Policy and Management at the
University of London
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in 2008.
He also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Law from the
Anglia Ruskin University
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, in
UK 2004 and L.L.B. (
GIMPA
The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses ( Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accr ...
) in 2014.
Early life
Boateng was born on 1 November 1972, in the town of Jinijini in the Bono Region, then Brong Ahafo Region.
Political career
Boateng is a member of the
New Patriotic Party
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, leader = Nana Akufo-Addo
, chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim
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(NPP). He was first elected into Parliament in January 2009 after he emerged winner in the 2008 Ghanaian General Election. He was then re-elected into the 6th and 7th Parliament. He defeated his opposition with 56.33% of the total valid votes after the 2016 Ghanaian general election.
He again won the 2020 Ghanaian general elections with 11,245 votes making 47% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Dickson Kyere-Duah had 10,296 votes making 43% of the total votes cast and an Independent candidate Derrick Obeng Mensah had 2,395 votes making 10% of the total votes cast. He was the former Deputy Minister for Railways Development.
Committees
He is a member of the Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee and also a member of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee.
Employment
Boateng worked as a development planner and a Legal Service Consultant from1998 to 2008.
Personal life
Boateng is a Christian.
Philanthropy
In January 2020, he commissioned a maternity ward and donated medical items for the Nkyekyemamu Health Center in the Berekum West District. He also presented hospital beds, weighing machine, office chairs, television etc to Amankwokwa Community-based Health Planning and Services.
References
Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021
New Patriotic Party politicians
Living people
1972 births
Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025
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