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He has been an MP in all the parliaments except the third between 2001 and 2005 when he lost his seat in the 2000 Ghanaian general election. [11] Following the appointment of Cassiel Ato Forson, MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam as Finance Minister, the role of Majority Leader in parliament was taken over by Mahama Ayariga, MP for Bawku Central.
This is a list of women who have been elected as member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [1] [2] [3] [4] Within the 8th parliament, the ...
Rita Naa Odoley Sowah (born 2 July 1968) is a Ghanaian politician. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). [1] [2] [3] She is the first female member of parliament for the La Dade Kotopon Constituency.
Appiagyei was born on 28 November 1956 in Kumasi and hails from Konongo/Asawase-Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [6] [8] She had her secondary education at the St Louis Senior Secondary in Kumasi and proceeded to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where she studied BA Social Science Economics/Law in 1980.She further did her Post graduate diploma- Development Economics ...
Ejisu - Following the death of John Kumah the incumbent MP, the Electoral Commission held a bye election in April 2024 that saw NPP's Kwabena Boateng clinch back the seat for his part with 55.8% of the total votes cast. His closest contender, a former MP for the constituency, Kwabena Aduomi secured 43.3% of the total votes cast. [28] [29] [30]
Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, JSC, CV (born 26 March 1937) is a Ghanaian barrister and judge who served as the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2009 to 2013. [1] She was the first woman to be elected to that position in the West African sub-region.
Susanna Al-Hassan or Susan Alhassan (27 November 1927 – 17 January 1997) was a Ghanaian author and politician, who in 1961 became Ghana's first female to be appointed minister. [1] She was the first African woman to hold a cabinet portfolio [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and became the member of parliament for the then Northern Region parliamentary constituency ...
Ibrahimah won the 2020 parliamentary elections for Salaga South Constituency to make history as the first female member of parliament for Savannah Region. [4] She won after polling 20,525 votes representing 49.5% against the incumbent member of parliament Salifu Adam Braimah of the New Patriotic Party who also doubled as the Savannah Regional ...