Akwasi Osei-Adjei

Akwasi Osei-Adjei (born 27 December 1949) is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana.[1] He was the Member of Parliament representing Ejisu-Juaben constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1]

Hon.

Akwasi Osei-Adjei
Member of Parliament for Ejisu-Juaben Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born (1949-12-27) 27 December 1949
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

Political career

Osei-Adjei is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[2][3] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2005.[2][3] He has since then had a run of five consecutive terms in office. He was the MP for Ejisu-Juaben constituency.[2][3] He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2007 to February 2009.[4] He became the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry from April 2003.[4]

Elections

Osei-Adjei was elected as the member of parliament for the Ejisu-Juaben constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[2][3] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[2][3] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[5] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[6] He was elected with 50,396 votes out of 64,459 total valid votes cast.[2][3] This is equivalent to 62.9% of total valid votes cast.[2][3] He was elected over Kaba Abraham Hirohito Younti of the Peoples’ National Convention, Anima Wilson of the National Democratic Congress and Kwasi Baidoo of the Convention People’s Party.[2][3] These obtained 1,375, 11,058 and 1,630 votes respectively of the total votes cast.[2][3] These are equivalent to 2.1%, 17.2% and 2.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.[2][3]

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See also

References
  1. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004.
  2. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Adansi Asokwa Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 117.
  4. "Minister For Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation And NEPAD". ghana.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  5. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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