George Andah

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Hon.
George Andah
MP
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Deputy Minister for Communications
Assumed office
February 2017
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Preceded byFelix Kwakye Ofosu
Member of Ghanaian Parliament
Awutu Senya West
Assumed office
January 2017
Preceded byHanna Serwaa Tetteh
Personal details
BornGhana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

George Andah (born 27 April 1970 ) is a Ghanaian politician and the former Member of Parliament of the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Deputy Minister for communications in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Education[]

George had his secondary education at Achimota School and proceeded to KNUST where he studied for a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. George also holds an MBA degree in Marketing from the University of Ghana.[7]

Career[]

George has worked for several reputable companies; from being the Marketing Director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd to being the Chief Marketing Officer for Scancom Ltd., a member of the MTN Group to being the Chief Marketing Officer of Bharti Airtel Nigeria, a member of the Bharti Group to Chief Operating Officer (Country Manager) of Glo Mobile Ghana to the Regional Director, Marketing Promotions, Globacom (Nigeria, Ghana and Benin). He then went on to establish his own company called, RUDDER Solutions, a Ghanaian based market-development management consultancy service that provides a comprehensive set of integrated professional services for business / market development, corporate / brand communication, reputation management, direct sales, channel development and leadership coaching. He is also the Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic and the Deputy Minister for Communications.[8]

Awards and recognition[]

received the CIMG Marketing man of the year in 2008.[9][10]

Politics[]

George is a founding member of Occupy Ghana a political pressure group. He was also the New Patriotic Party parliamentarian for Awutu-Senya West constituency.

In June, 2020 he was elected by the delegates of the NPP to represent Awutu-Senya West Constituency in the 2020 Ghanaian general election as their parliamentary candidate.[11] He lost his parliamentary seat to Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui of the National Democratic Congress.[12]

Personal life[]

George is married with four children and lives in Accra with his family.

References[]

  1. ^ "Deputy Ministers". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees". Graphic Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. ^ "George Andah loses Awutu Senya West parliamentary seat". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  7. ^ Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - Joy FM's Personality Profile: George Andah, the man who marketed everything else except himself". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  8. ^ "Joy FM's Personality Profile: George Andah, the man who marketed everything else except himself - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  9. ^ "George Andah". Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  10. ^ Myjoyonline.com. "George Andah". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  11. ^ "George Andah wins Awutu Senya West NPP primary". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  12. ^ "George Andah loses Awutu Senya West parliamentary seat". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.


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