Samuel Adu Gyamfi is a Ghanaian politician and an educationalist. He was a member of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana for the
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Constituency in
Western Region of Ghana.
Early life and education
Samuel Adu Gyamfi was born on 24 November 1954. He obtained a master's degree in education at the
University of Cape Coast
The University of Cape Coast is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the wide Atlantic Ocean. It operates on two campuses: the Southern Campus (O ...
and a Master of Arts in pedagogy at the same university.
Politics
Samuel began his political career as a member of parliament in 2005 after he emerged winner at the
2004 Ghanaian General Elections. He was the first person to represent his constituency after it was established in 2004. He was elected into the 4th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana on 7 December 2004 on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party
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He won with 22,059 representing 56.20% out of the total valid votes, he defeated John Kwekucher Ackah of the
National Democratic Congress who gained 16,358 representing 41.70% of the total votes and Ebenezer Ebb Kwaku Bankwa of the
People's National Convention with 854 votes representing 2.20% of the total votes. However, during the
2008 Ghanaian general elections he lost the seat to
Mathias Kwame Ntow of the
National Democratic Congress. In 2019, awards organised by the Pan- African Heroes of change in collaboration with the Bureau of Research on Governance Commerce and Administration (BORGCA), named Gyamfi as the best Municipal Chief Executive for the
Aowin The Aowin, along with the Denkyira and Akwamu were among the three original great Akan Empires.Ogot, B. (1999). Africa from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. London: Heinemann ;. Prior to the rise of the Denkyira state, the Aowin (Ebrosa) wa ...
constituency.
Personal life
He is a Christian.
See also
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Aowin (Ghana Parliamentary Constituency)
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List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian Parliamentary elections
References
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Living people
1954 births
University of Cape Coast alumni
New Patriotic Party politicians
Ghanaian MPs 1965–1966