Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo

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Hon.

Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo
Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2017
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for
In office
7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017
PresidentJohn Mahama
Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded bySeidu Mummuni Abudu
In office
Feb 2009 – Feb 2010
PresidentJohn Evans Atta Mills
Preceded byMuntaka Mohammed Mubarak
Succeeded byAkua Dansuah
Personal details
Born (1964-05-05) 5 May 1964 (age 57)
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
ProfessionDevelopment Worker/Architect/Quantity Surveyor
CommitteesGovernment Assurance Committee-Ranking Member;

Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee Lands and Forestry Committee

Business Committee(7th Parliament of 4th Republic of Ghana)

Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo is a Ghanaian politician. He is the current Member of Parliament for Wa Central constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Development Policy from the University of Ghana, African Studies.

Political Life[]

He entered the Parliament of Ghana in 2005 after winning a seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in December 2004.

Pelpuo was a Minister of State at the office of the President when he was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports by President John Atta Mills in September 2009 following the resignation of Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak who was also MP for Asawase.[1][2] He served in this capacity until when in a cabinet reshuffle in January 2010.[3] he was replaced by Ghana's first female Minister for Sports, Akua Dansua and appointed deputy Majority Leader in Parliament instead. He was also voted one of Ghana's five Members of the Africa's Parliament in South Africa where he served for a term until 2013.[4] In the John Mahama administration (2012 - 2016) he was appointed Minister of State at the Office of the President in Charge of Private Sector Development and Public Private Partnership (PPP). He was also a member of the Economic Management Team (EMT). In the 2016 he won his seat for the fourth time for another four-year term as the Member of Parliament for the Wa Central Constituency. He is presently the chairman of the largest caucus in Parliament of Ghana, The Population Caucus and Leader of the Parliamentarians for Global Action, Ghana Chapter. He also holds the chairmanship of the Government Assurance Committee, an important oversight committee that monitors and holds government Ministers to task for promises they make to the people and don't follow up on those promises.[citation needed]

2004 Elections[]

Pelpuo was elected as the member of parliament of the Wa Central constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[5][6] He thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[7] He was elected with 21,272votes out of a total 41,501valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 51.3% of the total valid votes cast.[5][6] He was elected over Mornah Anbataayela Bernard of the People's National Convention, Mohammed Adama KPpegla of the New Patriotic Party, Abu Mumuni of the Convention People's Party, Osman Mohammed of the Democratic People's Party and Osman Imam Sidik an independent candidate.[5][6] These obtained 12,280votes, 7,249votes, 376votes, 172votes and 152votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 29.6%, 17.5%, 0.9%,0.4% and 0.4% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[5][6] Pelpuo was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[5][6][7] In all the National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary representation out of 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Embattled Sports Minister Muntaka resigns". General news. Ghana Home Page. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  2. ^ Darko, Stephen. "Rashid Pelpuo confirmed as Sports Minister". Local Sports News. Today Newspaper. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. ^ "President Mills reshuffles Ministers". General news. Ghana Home Page. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Reshuffle Blues: Sena Dansua Heads Sports Ministry". General news. Ghana Home Page. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Wa Central Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections (PDF). Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 191.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004.
  8. ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
Mumuni Abudu Seidu 		Wa Central
1997 – present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak 		Minister for Youth and Sports
2009 – 2010 		Succeeded by
Akua Dansua
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