Kweku Tanikyi Kesse

Kweku Tanikyi Kesse is a Ghanaian engineer and politician.[1][2] He is a former Member of Parliament of Evalue Gwira Constituency and a member of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana. He lost his re-election bid to Catherine Afeku in the 2016 parliamentary election whom he had earlier defeated during the 2012 parliamentary election.[1]

Kweku Tanikyi Kesse
MP for Evalue-Gwira constituency
In office January 2013 – January 2017
President	John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by	Catherine Afeku
Succeeded by	Catherine Afeku
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-07) 7 July 1967
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Occupation	Politician

Early life and education

Kesse was born on 7 July 1967. He hails from Bamiankor, a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Automatic Control Engineering from the Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba in 1994.[2][3]

Career

Kesse worked at the Tema Oil Refinery as a Projects Engineer from 1997 to 2002. He later joined RAM Engineering Limited where he worked as a Project Manager from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 until 2012, Kesse was the Managing Director of KABK Engineering Limited[2][3]

Politics

Kesse entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the Evalue-Gwira constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He lost the seat in 2016 to Catherine Afeku of the New Patriotic Party[2][3]

Personal life

Kesse is married with three children. He identifies as a christian.[2][3]

References

1. web, ghana. "Kojo-Armah-laid-to-rest". ghanaweb.com. ghanaweb. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
2. MPS, Ghana. "Kessie, Kweku Tanikyi". ghanamps.com. ghanamps. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
3. "Member of Parliament Kweku Tanikyi Kesse". Ghana Web. Retrieved 1 February 2020.