Abena Osei Asare

Abena Osei-Asare (born 16 January 1979) is a Ghanaian politician and currently the Member of Parlialment for Atiwa East (Ghana parliament constituency).[1][2][3][4]

Hon.

Abena Osei-Asare
Member of Parliament for
Atiwa East constituency
Assumed office
2012
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
Personal details
Born16 January 1979
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
ProfessionAccountant and financial officer

Education

Abena Osei Asare had her secondary education from Wesley Girls High School-Cape-Coast (1995–97), she later acquired her Tertiary education from the University of Ghana, where she studied Economics and Geography. She is a member of the ACCA and has a certificate in Dealing from ACI (Financial Markets Association).[5][6]

Career

Abena Osei–Asare has worked as the Assistant Director for the New York University in Ghana between the period of (2004 and 2007) and also as customer team leader (2007-2009) and dealer for the Treasury Department (2009–12) both at Barclays Bank Ghana Limited. In the year 2000 she became a member of the New Patriotic Party and it was on the ticket of this political party that she had contested for the Member of Parliament of the then newly created constituency Atiwa East (Eastern Region) during the 2012 parliamentary elections.[7][8]


Politics

Abena contested and won the New Patriotic Party parliamentary seat for Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She won this seat during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections. She contested against one other candidate namely, Asante Foster of the National Democratic Congress . Abena won the election by obtaining 17,399 votes of the 22,486 cast, representing 77.81 percent of total valid votes.[9][10][11]

Personal life

Abena is a Christian who fellowships at the Presbyterian church. She is married with three children.[7] She also runs an NGO, The Waterbrook Foundation which supports brilliant but needy students with their Education.[12]

See also

References
  1. Bampoe, Daniel (15 April 2015). "MP Abena Osei Asare Picks Nomination Forms". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Election 2016: Know your female parliamentary candidates". Abongobi Media Services. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. "Atiwa MP advises constituents to safeguard government projects". myjoyonline. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. Akwetey-Okunor, Isaac. "Atiwa East MP Decries High Rate Of Pregnancy Among JHS Students". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. "Hon. Abena Osei Asare". Odekro. Odekro. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  6. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  7. Arku, Jasmine (11 June 2013). "Atiwa East MP determined to serve constituents". Graphic Online. Graphic Online. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. "Member of Parliament Abena Osei-Asare (Mrs)". GhanaWeb. b. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2016 Results - Atiwa East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  10. "Ghana Election atiwa-east Constituency Results". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  11. "Parliamentary Results for Atiwa East". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  12. "CODA | Coastal Development Authority - Ghana". Coastal Development Authority Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-07.


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