Kwabena Donkor
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Hon. Kwabena Donkor | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Masoud Baba Abdul-Rahman |
| Constituency | Pru East |
| Minister for Power | |
| In office December 2014 – December 2015 | |
| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1958 Lonto via Yeji, Ghana |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol, Lancaster University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Chief executive officer |
| Committees | Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee (Ranking Member); Standing Orders Committee; Mines and Energy Committee |
Kwabena Donkor (born February 5, 1958) is a Ghanaian politician and a former Minister for Power.[1] He is a former Member of Parliament for the Pru East constituency, in the Bono East Region of Ghana.[2] He resigned from his office as minister due to failure to end load shedding popularity known as Dumsor, having promised to resign if he did not solve this before the end of 2015.[3][4]
Donkor was born on February 5, 1958, in Lonto via Yeji in the Bono East Region of Ghana. He holds a PhD and master's degree from the University of Bristol, and a Master of Business Administration from Lancaster University.[1]
Career
Donkor served as the deputy minister of information from 2013 to 2014. He is a founding member of Petroleum Commission and he served as its chief executive officer in 2014. In that same year, he became a cabinet minister of the Government of Ghana. He became a member of the Parliament of Ghana in 2015 and served as the Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Energy.[5][1] He represented the Pru East Constituency in the Bono East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress until 7 January 2021.[1][6]
