Joseph Mensah (politician)

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Joseph Mensah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Effia-Kwesimintsim (Ghana parliament constituency)
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Born (1957-08-22) 22 August 1957 (age 66)
Nationality Ghanaian
Political party New Patriotic Party

Joseph Mensah (born 22 August 1957) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. [1]

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Education

He got a diploma in education and a B.A in Social Sciences from the University of Cape Coast, his Masters degree from the University of Antwerp, Belgium,and a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport. [2]

Career

Joseph Mensah held the following positions at the Ghana Ports and Harbours; operations manager from 2013 to 2016, human resource manager from 2005 to 2016, training manager from 1998 to 2013, and accounts supervisor from 2013 to 2016. [2]

Politics

Joseph Mensah is a member of New Patriotic Party and was the member of parliament for Kwesimintsim (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Western Region in Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [3]

2016 election

Joseph Mensah contested for the Kwesimintsim constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanian general election and won the election with 20, 382 votes representing 64.50% of the total votes. He won the election over Augustine Arthur of National Democratic Congress, Nana Abakah of Convention People's Party, Samuel Kwabena Antwi of PPP and Richard Kwame Amissah of IND. They obtained 8, 260 votes, 1, 637 votes, 987 votes and 332 votes respectively. These is equivalent to 26.14%, 5.18%, 3.12% and 1.05% of the total votes respectively. [4]

New Patriotic Party 2020 Primaries

Joseph Mensah contested the New Patriotic Party 2020 primaries to be elected as the parliamentary candidate for Kwesimintsim constituency but lost the election to Prince Hamidu Armah. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ghana MPs - List of MPs". GhanaMps. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Joseph-Mensah-2878GhanaWeb
  3. ↑ "Joseph Mensah, Biography". MobileGhanaWeb. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ↑ FM, Peace. "Kwesimintsim Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "NPP Primaries: NaCCa Boss Prince Armah Wins Kwesimintsim Slot". Peacefmonline - Ghana news. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "NPP Parliamentary Primaries: The winners and losers - MyJoyOnline". Myjoyonline. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2023.


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