Enoch Teye Mensah

Enoch Teye Mensah (born 17 May 1946) is a politician. He was a Minister for Education and a Member of Parliament in Ghana (Term ended in 2017) [1] He is popularly referred to as E. T. Mensah (not to be confused with Ghanaian musician Emmanuel Tettey Mensah).

Hon. Enoch Teye Mensah
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Ningo-Prampram
In office January 1997 – January 2017
Preceded by	Stanley Basil Bade Carboo
Succeeded by	Sam George
Majority	12,143
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing
In office Jan 2012 – Jan 2017
President	John Atta Mills
Preceded by	Alban Bagbin
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare
In office January 2010 – January 2012
President	John Atta Mills
Preceded by	Stephen Amoanor Kwao
Succeeded by	Moses Asaga
Minister for Youth and Sports
In office January 1993 – January 2001
President	Jerry Rawlings
Preceded by	Arnold Quainoo
Succeeded by	Mallam Issah
Personal details
Born	(1956-05-17) 17 May 1956 Koforidua, Ghana
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Children	7
Committees	Public Accounts Committee House Committee Finance Committee Mines and Energy Trade, Industry and Tourism
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Volta

Biography

Mensah studied accounting at the SNAPS College of Accountancy, completed his studies there in 1968.[2]

During the time of the PNDC military regime in Ghana, he was for a long time the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), akin to being the Mayor of the City of Accra. He joined the National Democratic Congress when it was formed in 1992. At the beginning of the Fourth Republic, he was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports by President Jerry Rawlings. Mensah held that position through both terms of the Rawlings government. He also stood for the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1996 and was elected MP for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, holding the seat for almost a decade. After the NDC lost the 2000 elections, he continued as a member of parliament. He was the Minority Chief Whip in parliament prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2008.[3] In January 2009, he became the Majority Chief Whip in parliament. In January 2010, after a cabinet reshuffle, President John Atta Mills appointed him Minister for Employment and Social Welfare.

Mensah was a member of the Pan-African Parliament until January 2009, when he resigned after being appointed a member of state.[4] In January 2011, he was appointed Minister for Education following the resignation of Betty Mould-Iddrisu.[5]

On 21 November 2015 he lost the NDC primaries to Sam George.[6]

E. T. Mensah was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Volta by President Kufuor's government.[3]

Personal life

Mensah is married with seven children. One of them, Jerry Teye Mensah achieved notoriety when he claimed to have been kidnapped in an attempt to cover his absence from Mfantsipim School. He later had to leave the school for Mawuli Secondary School at Ho, Ghana due to disciplinary problems.[7]

See also

• Rawlings government
• List of Mills government ministers

References

1. "#NDCDecides: Sam George crushes Prampram 'Mugabe' ET Mensah". Citinewsroom.com. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
2. "HON. MENSAH, ENOCH TEYE". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
3. "President Kufuor nominates 241 for National Awards". Radio Gold Online. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
4. "Ghana reconstitutes members for Pan-African Parliament". MyJoyOnline. 22 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
5. "E.T. Mensah Takes Over Education". General News. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
6. Afanyi Dadzie, Ebenezer (22 November 2015). "#NDCDecides: Sam George crushes Prampram 'Mugabe' ET Mensah". CitifmOnline. CitiFM. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
7. "E.T Mensah's son now in Mawuli School". ModernGhana.com. 27 May 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

External links and sources

• Profile on Parliament of Ghana website

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by	Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram 1997 – 2017	Succeeded by Sam Nartey George
Political offices
Preceded by Arnold Quainoo	Minister for Youth and Sports 1993 – 2001	Succeeded by Mallam Issah
Preceded by Stephen Amoanor Kwao	Minister for Employment and Social Welfare 2010 – 2012	Succeeded by Moses Asaga
Preceded by Alban Bagbin	Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing 2012 – present	Incumbent