Kofi Amankwa-Manu

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Hon.
Kofi Amankwa-Manu
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Member of Parliament for
Atwima-Kwanwoma Constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Born (1968-04-11) 11 April 1968 (age 56)
Atwima Foase, Ghana
Nationality  Ghanaian
Political party New Patriotic Party
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionResearch Assistant
CommitteesGender and Children Committee; Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee

Kofi Amankwa-Manu (born 11 April 1969) is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). [1] [2] He is the member of parliament for the Atwima-Kwanwoma Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [3]

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Early life and education

Amankwa-Manu was born on 11 April 1969 and hails from Atwima Foase in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He gained his Ordinary-level qualifications in 1989 and his Advanced levels in 1991. He further had his BSci in Banking and Finance in 2012 and his LLB in 2015. [4]

Career

Amankwa-Manu served in the office of the president as the Head of Impact Assessment Unit during the first term of President Nana Akufo-Addo. [1] He was the research assistant Fonaa Institute. He was also the CEO of the Waltons Limited. [4]

Politics

Ahead of the 2020 Ghanaian general election, Amankwa-Manu entered the race for the parliamentary candidate in the NPP primaries in the Atwima-Kwanwoma Constituency. [5] [6] [7] [8] In June 2020, he won the primaries for the Atwima-Kwanwoma constituency after defeating incumbent member of parliament (MP) Kojo Appiah-Kubi, who had served as MP for three terms and had been in parliament since January 2009. [9] [10] He won by securing 415 votes, while the incumbent had 69 votes. [11]

Amankwa-Manu was elected member of parliament for Atwima-Kwanwoma in the 2020 December parliamentary elections. He was declared winner in the parliamentary elections after obtaining 78,209 votes representing 83.78% against his closest contender the National Democratic Congress' candidate Grace Agyemang Asamoah [5] of who had 14,730 votes representing 15.78%. [12] [13] [14]

Committees

Amankwa-Manu is a member of the Gender and Children Committee and also the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee. [4]

Personal life

Amankwa-Manu is a Christian. [4]

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  13. ↑ "Parliamentary Results for Atwima-kwanwoma". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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