Hon Gifty Twum-Ampofo Former MP | |
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MP for Abuakwa North | |
In office January 2017 –January 2025 | |
President | Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo |
Succeeded by | Nana Ampaw Kwame Addo-Frempong |
Personal details | |
Born | Kukurantumi | 11 June 1967
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Cape Coast,University of Ghana |
Occupation | Tutor |
Profession | Politician |
Committees | Public Accounts Committee;Foreign Affairs Committee |
Gifty Twum-Ampofo (born 11 June 1967) is a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party. She is a former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ampofo is the deputy minister for Gender,Children and Social Protection in Ghana. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Gifty Twum-Ampofo was born on 11 June 1967 in Kukurantumi,in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [6] She had her GCE O LEVEL in 1986 and GCE A LEVEL in 1989. [7]
She had her BSc. in Biology from the University of Cape Coast in 1997. [8] She further had her MBA in Strategic Management in 2018. [9] She also had her BSc from the University of Ghana. [10]
Ampofo was a Science tutor at Akosombo International School before becoming a Member of Parliament. [11] She was also the Head of Science Department and Head of Examinations at the Volta River Authority. [9] She is currently the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical and Vocational Education Training. [5] [12]
In March 2016,she contested and won the NPP parliamentary primaries for the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana after the death of Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu. [13] [14] She later won the Abuakwa North Constituency by-elections with 10,033 votes,making up 89.60% of the total votes cast,while the Ghana Freedom Party parliamentary candidate Samuel Frimpong had 263 votes making 2.35% of the total votes cast,and the United People's Party parliamentary candidate Isaac Kwarteng had 901 votes making 8.05% of the total votes cast. [15]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general election,she won the Abuakwa North Constituency parliamentary seat with 17,838 votes making 59.23% of the total votes cast,while the NDC parliamentary candidate Victor Emmanuel Smith had 11,754 votes making 39.03% of the total votes cast and an Independent candidate Adjei Danquah Patrick had 524 votes making 1.74% of the total votes cast. [16]
In the 2020 Ghanaian general election,she again won the Abuakwa North Constituency parliamentary seat with 17,653 votes making 53.2% of the total votes cast,while the NDC parliamentary candidate Charles Yeboah Darko had 15,551 votes making 46.8% of the total votes cast. [17] [18]
In the parliamentary primaries of 2024 for the NPP,she was defeated in her attempt to represent the party by Nana Ampaw Addo-Frempong. Nana Ampaw secured 222 votes,surpassing his opponent who received 202 votes out of the total valid votes cast.
She is a member of the Public Accounts Committee and also a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. [9]
She is married with three children. She is a Christian and worships as a Methodist. [19]
In December 2022,she presented foodstuff to over 35,000 people in her constituency. [20]