Poku Adu-Gyamfi

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Poku Adu Gyamfi
MP for Bosomtwe
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Agyekum Kufour
Personal details
BornBosomtwe District, Ashanti Region
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materUniversity of Hohenheim
OccupationPolitician

Poku Adu Gyamfi is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic Republic representing the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2]

Early life and education[]

Adu was born Bosomtwe, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] He attended the University of Hohenhem and also the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute).[3]

Politics[]

Adu was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He polled 11,606 votes out of the 22,537 valid votes cast representing 34.60% against Joseph Oteng-Adjei and NDC member who polled 7,339 votes, Bernard Kwabena Asamoah a CPP member who polled 3,389 votes and Joseph Appiah a PNC member who polled 203 votes.[4] In the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections for the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, he polled 15,160 votes out of the 22,85 valid votes cast representing 63.30% against Joseph O. Adjei an NDC member who polled 7,361 votes representing 32.20%, Suleiman Mohammed a PNC member who polled 225 votes representing 1.00% and Violet Kankam a CPP member who polled 129 votes representing 0.60%.[5][1] He was defeated by Simon Osei Mensah in the 2004 NPP parliamentary primaries.[6]

Career[]

He was a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2005 for the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Ghana Parliamentary Register
  2. ^ a b "MP pleads with public to stop harassing them for money". www.ghanaweb.com. 2004-01-19. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  3. ^ https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/icae2018/attendee/person/1233
  4. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Bosomtwe Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Bosomtwe Constituency Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  6. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Bosomtwe Constituency Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.


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