Hon. Kofi Frimpong | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kwabre East Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2013 –6 January 2017 | |
| President | John Mahama |
| Member of Parliament for Kwabre East Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2009 –6 January 2013 | |
| President | John Atta Mills John Mahama |
| Member of Parliament for Kwabre East Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2005 –6 January 2009 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1951 |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Profession | Businessman |
Kofi Frimpong (born 17 June 1951) [1] [2] is a businessman [1] [2] and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. [1] He was the Member of Parliament representing Kwabre East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th,5th and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. [2] [1] [8] [9] [10]
Frimpong was born on 17 June 1951. [1] [2] [11] He hails from Ntonso,a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [1] [2] He is a product of the University of Ghana (UG). [1] [2] He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Political Science from the university. [1] [2] He acquired the degree in 1978. [1] [2]
Frimpong is a businessman. [1] [2] He was the managing director of Bakota Medical Technology Limited in Kumasi. [1] [2] This was before he run for political office in 2004. [1] [2]
Frimpong is a member of the New Patriotic Party. [1] [2] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. [3] [4] He run for two more terms and won. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [12] He was the MP for Kwabre East constituency. [2] [1] He was elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in the fourth,fifth and sixth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana. [12] [7] [6] [5] [4] [3] [2] [1]
Frimpong was elected as the member of parliament for the Kwabre East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. [3] [4] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. [3] [4] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. [13] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. [14] He was elected with 42,094 votes out of 51,871 total valid votes cast. [3] [4] This was equivalent to 81.2% of total valid votes cast. [3] [4] He was elected over Augustine Yeboah Domfeh of the National Democratic Congress and Agnes Donkor of the Convention People's Party. [3] [4] These obtained 8,906 and 871 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. [3] [4] These were equivalent to 17.2% and 1.7% respectively of total valid votes cast. [3] [4]
In 2008,he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency. [6] [5] His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. [15] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. [16] He was elected with 41,454 votes out of 54,517 total valid votes cast. [5] [6] This was equivalent to 76.04% of total valid votes cast. [6] [5] He was elected over Bismark Adu-Asere of the National Democratic Congress,Zacharia Awuah of Democratic Freedom Party and Alice Duah Boateng of the Convention People's Party. [5] [6] These obtained 10,824,555 and 1,684 votes respectively of total valid votes cast. [5] [6] These were equivalent to 19.85%,1.02% and 3.09% respectively of the total votes cast. [6] [5]
In 2012,he won the general elections once more on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency. [12] [7] He was elected with 62,048 votes out of 82,377 total valid votes cast. [7] [12] This was equivalent to 75.32% of total valid votes cast. [7] [12] He was elected over Fatao Iliyasu of the National Democratic Congress,Zacharia Awuah of the Progressive People's Party and Edward J.B Danquah an independent candidate. [7] [12] These obtained 17,521,1,284 and 1,524 votes of the total valid votes cast. [12] [7] These were equivalent to 21.27%,1.56% and 1.85% respectively of the total votes cast. [12] [7]
Frimpong is a Christian. [1] [2] He is a Seventh-day Adventist. [1] He is married with ten children. [1] [2]