Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi

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Preceded bySamuel Nkrumah Gyimah
Succeeded byAnthony Mmieh
Born (1974-12-01) 1 December 1974 (age 51)
Homase No. 2
Hon.
Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi
MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Odotobri Constituency
In office
7 January 2005  6 January 2025
Preceded bySamuel Nkrumah Gyimah
Succeeded byAnthony Mmieh
Personal details
Born (1974-12-01) 1 December 1974 (age 51)
Homase No. 2
PartyNew Patriotic Party
Children3
Alma mater
ProfessionDevelopment Planner/ Banker
CommitteesLocal Government and Rural Development Committee (Chairperson); Government Assurance Committee; Health Committee

Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Odotobri Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1]

Gyamfi was born on 1 December 1974.[2] He hails from Homase No. 2 in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[3] He had his Bachelor of Science degree in Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.[2][3][4] He obtained the degree in 2000.[5] He is also a product of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.[5] He obtained an Executive master's degree from the institute.[5] This was in 2008.[5]

Career

Prior to his appointment into parliament, he worked as a project manager at Odotobri Rural Bank Limited.[1][4] He also worked as an administrator and lead facilitator for a non-governmental organization from 2001 to 2002.[2]

Political career

Gyamfi entered parliament as the Member of parliament elected for the Odotobri Constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He maintained his seat in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana from 7 January 2008 to 6 January 2013. He was elected with 22,914 votes out of the 27,700 valid votes cast equivalent to 82.7%[4][6] of the total valid votes cast on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections. He was elected again into parliament on 7 January 2013 after the completion of the 2012 Ghanaian General Elections. He was then reelected on 7 January 2017 after the 2016 Ghanaian General Elections where he obtained 66.13% of the valid votes cast. He is a member of the Mines and Energy Committee and the Children and Gender Committee of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[3]

Committees

Gyamfi is the chairperson of the Local Government and Rural Development Committee, a member of the Government Assurance Committee and also a member of the Health Committee.[1]

Elections

Personal life

References

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