Seth Kwame Acheampong | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Mpraeso | |
In office January 2013 –December 2020 | |
Preceded by | Francis Osafo-Mensah |
Succeeded by | Davis Ansah Opoku |
Personal details | |
Born | December 18,1971 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Seth Kwame Acheampong (born December 18,1971) is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Mpraeso Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. [1] In 2020,he lost the bid to lead the New Patriotic Party going into the parliamentary elections to Davis Ansah Opoku. [2] He is currently serving as the minister of the Eastern Region. [3]
Acheampong is a Christian (Presbyterian). He is married. [4]
Acheampong was born on December 18,1971. He hails from Atibie-Kwahu,a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [4] He entered the Graduate School of Management,France,Paris and obtained his postgraduate diploma in Management in 2008. [4]
Acheampong is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is a member of the 5th,6th and 7th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. [5] He first came into the parliament in January 2009 obtaining 17,519 votes out of 25,468 valid votes in his Constituency. [6] In 2012,he contested for re-election into the Mpraeso Constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the NPP to become a member of the sixth parliament of the fourth republic and won. [4] He is still representing his Constituency till date. [5]