Kwame Owusu Frimpong is a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of parliament for the Ahafo Ano North constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic.

Early life and education

Frimpong was born on 10 October 1960. He had his tertiary education at the

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where he obtained a diploma in Statistics.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Frimpong was a Revenue Officer.

Politics

Frimpong is a member of the

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. He was a member of parliament for the Ahafo Ano North constituency for two parliamentary terms: the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana, and the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. In his first term, he represented the constituency from 7 January 2001 to 6 January 2005 and for his second term in office, he represented the constituency from 7 January 2005 to 6 January 2009. During his tenure as a member of parliament, he was the chairperson of Ghana-China Parliamentary Friendship Association (GCPFA).

Elections

In the year 2000, Frimpong won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Ahafo-Ano North constituency of the

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. He won on the ticket of the

. His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the

in that election for the

. The

won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. He was elected with 12,432 votes out of 24,420 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Annor Baffour of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson O. Antoh of the People's National Convention and Paul K. A. Mono of the

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. These won 10,784, 515 and 174 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively. These were equivalent to 45.1%, 2.2% and 0.7% respectively of total valid votes cast. Frimpong was elected as the member of parliament for the Ahafo Ano North constituency of the

one more time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the

. His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the

in that election for the

. The

won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 15,045 votes out of 28,469 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52.8% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Atta Sampson of the Peoples’ National Convention, Addai-Amankwah David K. of the National Democratic Congress, Tabi John of the

and Adu Gyamfi Emmanuel of the Democratic People's Party. These obtained 220, 12,789, 222 and 193 votes respectively of total votes cast. These were equivalent to 0.8%, 44.9%, 0.8% and 0.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Frimpong is a Christian.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frimpong, Kwame Owusu Living people 1960 births Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 University of Ghana alumni New Patriotic Party politicians