Hon. Mrs. Patricia Appeagyei | |
---|---|
Deputy Minister for Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (Ghana) | |
Assumed office March 2017 | |
President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
Member of Ghanaian parliament for Asokwa constituency | |
Assumed office 7 January 2013 | |
Preceded by | Maxwell Kofi Jumah |
Mayor of Kumasi | |
In office 2005–2009 | |
President | John Kufour |
Preceded by | Maxwell Kofi Jumah |
Personal details | |
Born | Accra,Ghana | 28 November 1956
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Alma mater | KNUST |
Profession | Economic developer |
Committees | Lands and Forestry Committee;Appointments Committee |
Patricia Appiagyei (born 28 November 1956) is a Ghanaian politician,one-time Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister and the first female Mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is the Member of Parliament (MP) in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,representing Asokwa Constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana. [7]
Appiagyei was born on 28 November 1956 in Kumasi and hails from Konongo/Asawase-Kumasi,in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [6] [8] She had her secondary education at the St Louis Senior Secondary in Kumasi and proceeded to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,where she studied BA Social Science Economics/Law in 1980.She further did her Post graduate diploma- Development Economics in 1988.
Appiagyei previously worked with City Investments Company Limited as the executive director of Marketing from 1995 to 2010. [6] [9] She was the former Mayor of Kumasi. [10]
Appiagyei was a Deputy Minister for Ashanti region from 2001 to 2005 and was shortly appointed a Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister in 2005. From 2005 to 2009 she served as the Municipal Chief Executive for Kumasi. She is currently the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa Constituency after beating former deputy Local Government minister,Maxwell Kofi Jumah,to win the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary election and subsequently won the parliamentary seat during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections. [11] [9] [12] She won the 2020 general election to represent her constituents in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
In 2017,she was appointed by Nana Akufo-Addo and approved by parliament to serve as the deputy minister for Environment,Science and Technology and Innovation. [13] [14] She is a board member for the Nuclear Power Ghana. [15] [16]
In February 2024,she assumed the role of deputy majority leader in parliament after Alexander Afenyo-Markin was promoted from deputy majority leader to the position of majority leader due to Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu resignation from the role. [17]
Appiagyei is a member of the Lands and Forestry Commoittee and also a member of the Appointments Committee. [18]
Appiagyei is the second wife of Dr K. K. Sarpong,a former CEO of Kotoko FC and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation,and has three children. She is a practicing Christian. [19] [20]
In July 2021,she paid visits to some areas in Kumasi including Old Asokwa,Kaase,Asokwa Extension,Atonsu and Agogo which got flooded after a two-day downpour. She assured the people affected of a new market place. She also visited the New Bethel Presbyterian Primary and JHS. [21] [22]
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
Nhyiaeso is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Nhyiaeso is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Alex Afenyo Markin is the member of parliament of Effutu constituency,he is on the ticket of NPP. He took over from Mike Allen Hammah who was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 13,114 votes to become the MP. He succeeded Samuel Owusu Agyei who had represented the constituency in the 4th Republic parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Kobina Tahir Hammond,known as K.T. Hammond,is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the Member of Parliament for Adansi-Asokwa constituency in the Ashanti Region. He is also the Minister of Trade and Industries. Hammond,who first entered Parliament in the year 2001 is currently serving his sixth term.
Francisca Oteng-Mensah is a member of parliament of the New Patriotic Party for the Kwabre East Constituency and was known as the youngest parliamentarian of the fourth republic of Ghana at the time of her election in 2016.
Maxwell Kofi Jumah is a Ghanaian politician and a former Mayor of Kumasi,former Member of Parliament for the Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region.
Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin is the Member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Effutu constituency,Central Region. He also serves as a member of the Committee on Defense and Interior Committee in Ghana Parliament. He was the Deputy Majority Leader in the Parliament of Ghana until February 2024 when he was promoted to the role of Majority Leader as part of reshuffle by President Nana Akufo-Addo and the leadership of the New Patriotic Party.
Freda Akosua Oheneafrewo Prempeh is a Ghanaian politician,and Member of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament and Eighth Parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region,Ghana. She was the Minister of State,for the Ministry of works and housing,Ghana and previously served as the Deputy Gender Minister and also Assembly member –"Assembly Woman" from 2002 to 2010 for the Lakoo Electoral Area of the La-Dadekotopo Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.
Andrew Asiamah Amoako is a Ghanaian lawyer,politician and member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,elected to office in December 2020 as an independent candidate. He currently represents the Fomena Constituency in the Ashanti Region. He is also the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament.
Frimpong Yaw Addo is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and Eight parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Manso Adubia constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is currently the Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture.
Johnson Kwaku Adu is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,representing the Ahafo Ano South West Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Kennedy Kwasi Kankam is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is currently the municipal chief executive for Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly.
Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the Eight Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Mampong Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is currently the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
Kofi Frimpong is a businessman and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. 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. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Stephen Amoah is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is the member of parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency. He is currently a board member of GCB Bank.
Habib Iddrisu is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is the member of parliament for the Tolon Constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Akwasi Konadu is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is the member of parliament for the Manhyia North Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is currently the Director at the Ghana Water Company Limited.
Atonsu is a suburb of Kumasi in the Asokwa Municipal District and Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana which have Hon. Patricia Appiagyei as its member of parliament. The landfill site is situated in Atonsu.