Michael Afedi Gizo (born March 10, 1946) is a

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politician. He is a former member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He represented the Dangme West which is now Shai-Osudoku constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was Greater Accra Regional Minister from 1992 to 1996. He also served as Minister of Tourism and also a Deputy Minister of Information. In 2015, Mr. Gizo was accepted as the new Paramount Chief of the Shai Traditional Area. He succeeded the late Nene Nagai Kassa VII. He is currently the chief of Agomeda.

Early life and education

Gizo was born on 10 March 1946. He attained an academic degree at the

Ghana Institute of Journalism The Ghana Institute of Journalism is a public university in Ghana. The institute has accreditation from the National Accreditation Board. History The Ghana Institute of Journalism was established on 16 October 1959 by Kwame Nkrumah, the first pre ...

majoring in Public relations.

Politics

He 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. Gizo thereafter assumed office as the member of parliament for the Shai-Osudoku constituency after he had won the Ghana parliamentary elections in 1996. He was succeeded by

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. Michael won the Dangme West now Shai Osudoku parliamentary seat again in the Ghanaian parliamentary elections for the 3rd time in the 4th Republic of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the 1996 Ghanaian General Election. He was pronounced winner after defeating Kwame Tetteh-Korly Agban of the

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and John Awuku Dziwornu of the

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. Gizo obtained 65.80% of the total valid votes which is equivalent to 14,814 votes while his oppositions obtained 10.30% which is equivalent to 2,319 votes and 4.90% which is equivalent to 1,108 votes respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gizo, Michael Afedi Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001 Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Politicians from Greater Accra Region 1946 births Living people Ghanaian Christians Ghanaian MPs 1993–1997