Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey is a Ghanaian politician. He is the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for the

Keta Keta is a coastal town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District. Keta was an important trading post between the 14th and the late 20th centuries. The town attracted the interest of the Danish, because they f ...

constituency in the

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...

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Early life and education

Gakpey completed his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 1990 and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in 1993. He obtained a diploma in shipping and export management in 1998 and a post graduate diploma in marketing in 2003. He proceeded to complete various health courses after his secondary education leading to certificates in Health Social Sciences for Research, Leadership in strategic Health management, Malaria planning and management and Parasitic disease management between 2004 and 2016. He also has a degree in public health.

Politics

In December 2020, Gakpey stood for the Keta constituency seat in the

2020 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama says he ...

on the National Democratic Congress ticket. This followed the decision of the incumbent MP,

Richard Quashigah Richard Mawuli Koku Quashigah (born 16 October 1968) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Keta Constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic ...

who was one of eleven MPs who decided to retire from parliament. He won the seat with a majority of 72.1%. He sits on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee as well as the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee in parliament. In January 2022, he sponsored a youth apprenticeship programme in the constituency. He has been the victim of two armed attacks. The first was in December 2020 and the second in January 2021. He believed these were targeted and not random attacks. Three persons went on trial for the first assault in December 2020. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gakpey, Kwame Dzudzorli Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 1975 births Living people Politicians from Volta Region National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians