Francis Asenso-Boakye

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Hon.
Francis Asenso-Boakye
Francis Asenso-Boateng.jpeg
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Ghana Parliament for
Bantama Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
PresidentNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Preceded byDaniel Okyem Aboagye
Personal details
Born (1977-09-24) 24 September 1977 (age 44)
Kumasi Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Michigan State University
OccupationPolitician Businessman

Francis Asenso-Boakye (born 24 September 1977) is a Ghanaian politician and businessman.[1] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the member of parliament for the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[2] He was the deputy Chief of Staff and Political Assistant to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; President of the Republic of Ghana.[3] He is currently the Minister for Works and Housing.[4][5]

Early life and education[]

He hails from Bantama in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Prior to joining mainstream politics in Ghana, he was a former student activist of the New Patriotic Party who played a pioneering role in the formation of the tertiary students’ wing of the party, the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the New Patriotic Party (TESCON[6]), and served as its Founding President while pursuing his undergraduate studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Asenso-Boakye after completing a degree in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology pursued a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration as a Rotary Scholar at the Michigan State University, Michigan, USA.[7]

Career[]

As a development planning, project management, and policy specialist professional, Asenso-Boakye has years of wide-ranging professional experience in these fields. Prior to joining the staff and campaign of H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he held positions at the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare (MESW), Global Media Alliance (GMA), Delta Acquisitions and Development, Delaware, USA, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan, USA, Planning Officer at Ghana Free Zones Board (GFZB), a Project Manager for the Tema Export Processing Zone (TEPZ)and a Research Analyst at the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC).[7]

As a Project Analyst at Delta Acquisitions and Development, LLC, Delaware, USA, Asenso-Boakye was responsible for monitoring and evaluating the company's real estate acquisitions and development and oversaw the construction of homes/duplexes in Dover, Delaware.

Asenso-Boakye also served as a policy and research associate in the Office of State Representative and to the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus (MLBC) – Michigan House of Representatives, USA, where his work focused on policy and legislative issues affecting the interests of African American and minority communities.[8] On his return to Ghana, Asenso-Boakye worked for the then NPP Presidential Candidate and current president of the republic of Ghana; Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as Political Assistant a position he has held until he was elected into office as a member of parliament.[9]

Political life[]

In January 2017, Francis Asenso-Boakye was appointed the political assistant and Deputy Chief of Staff[10] at the Flagstaff House by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.[11][12][13] In June 2020, Asenso-Boakye won the Bantama NPP primaries against the incumbent Daniel Okyem Aboagye in a bid to contest for a seat in the Parliament of Ghana.[14][15][16] In the 2020 General Elections, he polled 88.84% of total votes cast to emerge as the parliamentary representative of Bantama (Ghana parliament constituency). Consequentially, he has been appointed as the minister-designate for Ministry of Works and Housing (Ghana)[17][18]

Personal life[]

Asenso-Boakye is married with three children.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ Nartey, Laud (25 January 2022). "Asenso-Boakye charges TDC board to focus on provision of affordable housing". 3NEWS. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Parliament of Ghana".
  3. ^ "Meet Francis Asenso-Boakye, Nana Addo's Deputy Chief of Staff and Political Assistant". Graphic.com.gh. Graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Surveyors seek minister's support for Surveying Council Bill". Graphic Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Government secures funding for dredging of Odaw River for five years". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ "25 Years of Fourth Republic, 18 Years of TESCON – Ghana will rise again". Graphic.com.gh. Graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Francis Asenso-Boakye: Know More About Newly Elected Bantama NPP Parliamentary Candidate". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Francis Asenso-Boakye, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Akufo-Addo Lauds Contribution Of Asenso- Boakye To TESCON, NPP". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  10. ^ "NPP is the most credible party in Ghana – Deputy Chief of Staff". ADOMONLINE. ADOMONLINE. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Akufo-Addo 'clearly' knows what he's about - Jinapor". www.ghanaweb.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Attenkah, Richard Kofi (21 January 2021). "Ghana: Nana's First Official Appointments". Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra). Retrieved 21 November 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Ghana, News (4 January 2017). "Ghana's president-elect announces key staff". News Ghana. Retrieved 21 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Deputy Chief Of Staff Asenso Boakye Wins Massively In Bantama Constituency". modernghana.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  15. ^ "NPPDecides: Asenso-Boakye floors Okyem Aboagye to win Bantama primary". citinewsroom.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Jubilation in Bantama as Asenso-Boakye unseats the incumbent". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Election 2020: Bantama Constituency Results". ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Profile of Francis Asenso-Boakye, minister-designate for works and housing". Ghanaweb.com. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Profile of Francis Asenso-Boakye... Nana Addo's First Dep Chief of Staff". peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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Ghana
2017 – 		Incumbent
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