Hon. Kwame Asafu-Adjei | |
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Member of Parliament for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency | |
In office 7 January 2017 –6 January 2021 | |
Succeeded by | Adelaide Ntim |
Personal details | |
Born | Kwame Asafu-Adjei 10 October 1950 Nsuta,Ghana |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Deputy Director |
Portfolio | Food,Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs |
Kwame Asafu-Adjei [1] is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,representing the Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. [2] [3] [4]
Adjei was born on 10 October 1950 in a town called Nsuta in the Ashanti Region. He acquired a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Tennessee State University,Nashville,USA in 1980. [2]
He worked as the chief executive officer of Asafaco Consult Company Limited in Accra. He was the Deputy Director of Policy,Planning,Monitoring &Evaluation (PPME) and the Head of the Livestock Planning Committee at MOFA. [2]
He was elected into the sixth parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana on 7 January 2013 after he contested in the 2012 Ghanaian General Elections. [5] He was then reelected into the seventh parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 2017 after obtaining 51.03% of the valid votes cast at the 2016 Ghanaian General Elections. [6] He is a former Member of Parliament for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency. [7]
In 2017,he was the acting chairman of the Food,Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs. [8]
He is a Christian and married with three children. [2]