Mohammed Boakye Agyemang (born 2 January 1949) is a
Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Ejisu-Juabeng constituency in the
Ashanti Region of
Ghana. He represented the
National Democratic Congress.
Early life and education
Agyemang was born at
Juaben in the
Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended
Ofori Panin Secondary School
Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) is a co-educational second cycle institution at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Ofori Panin School (formerly Tafo-Kukurantumi Senior High school, now nicknamed OPASS), is a co-educational boardi ...
where he obtained his GCE Ordinary Certificate, and the
Presby Training College in Akropong, where was awarded his Teachers' Training Certificate.
[Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992–1996]
Politics
Agyemang was elected into parliament on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress to represent the Ejisu-Juabeng Constituency (now split into the
Ejisu Constituency and the
Juaben Constituency) in the
Ashanti Region of
Ghana during 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 ...
. During the 1996 Ghanaian general election, he was defeated by
Akwasi Osei-Adjei
Akwasi Osei-Adjei (born 27 December 1949) is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Ejisu-Juaben constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic o ...
of the
New Patriotic Party who polled 34,521 votes out of the total valid votes cast representing 63.20% against his (Mohammed Boakye Agyeman) 10,103 votes which represented 18.50% of the total valid votes cast. Kwasi Baidoo of the
Convention People's Party polled 569 votes representing 1.00% of the total valid votes cast, and Kwame Owusu Agyeman of the
People's National Congress polled 428 votes representing 0.80% of the total valid votes cast.
Career
Agyeman is a teacher by profession and a former member of parliament for the Ejisu-Juabeng Constituency. He resigned from being the
Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in 2011.
Personal life
Agyeman is a
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
(Islam).
References
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Living people
1949 births
National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians
Ghanaian Muslims
Ghanaian educators
Ghanaian MPs 1993–1997
Politicians from Ashanti Region
21st-century Ghanaian politicians