Samuel Atta Mills is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

Early life and education

Mills was born on Thursday 26 April 1956 and hails from Kissi in the Central Region of Ghana. He had his secondary education

Mfantsipim School Mfantsipim is an all-boys boarding secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana, established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth on the then Gold Coast. Its founding name was Wesleyan High School and ...

, where he obtained his GCE Certificate. He proceeded to Komenda College where he obtained a Diploma in Education. Following his studies at Komenda, Mills enrolled at

Belmont University Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College. It be ...

where he was awarded his BBA in Economics and Accounting in 1984, and his MBA in Finance and Banking in 1986.

Career

Prior to entering parliament, Mills worked at the Ghana Tourism Development Company as the chief executive officer from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he joined

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as a Regional Manager. He worked in this capacity until 2009 when he was appointed Presidential Aide to the then president

John Atta Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party ...

. He once worked at First American Bank as a Commercial Loans Manager.

Politics

Mills is a member of the National Democratic Congress.

2016 elections

During the

2016 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President and Members of Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by Parliament. Former foreign minister Nana Akufo-Ad ...

, he won the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Constituency parliamentary seat. He won with 21,957 votes making 38.4% of the total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Stephen Nana Ato Arthur had 15,960 votes making 27.9% of the total votes cast, the PPP parliamentary candidate John Sterlin had 18,860 votes making 33.0% of the total votes cast, and the CPP parliamentary candidate Mrs. Rose Austin Tenadu had 410 votes making 0.7% of the total votes cast.

Committees

In parliament, he has served on various communities. He is a member of the Roads and Transport Committee, and the vice chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee.

2020 elections

Mills retained the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem seat during 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 ...

polling a total of 26,886 votes making 42.7% of the total votes cast against Samuel Joe Acquah, the NPP parliamentary candidate who had 23,039 votes making 36.6% of the total votes cast and the GUM parliamentary candidate Abubakr Sadiq Cann had 1,122 votes making 1.8% of the total votes cast, and the PPP parliamentary candidate John Sterlin had 11,964 votes making 19.0% of the total votes cast.

Personal life

Mills is a Christian and a member of the

Methodist Church of Ghana The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest mainline Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of the Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). The Re ...

. He is the brother of the late ex-president

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Samuel Atta Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1956 births Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025