Anna Nyamekye

Anna Nyamekye is a Ghanaian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the Jaman South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Hon.

Anna Nyamekye
Member of Parliament for Jaman South Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byConstituency split
Succeeded byYaw Afful
Member of Parliament for Jaman Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byNicholas Appiah-Kubi
Succeeded byConstituency split
Personal details
Born (1954-11-25) 25 November 1954
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materUniversity of Cape Coast
ProfessionEducationist

Early Life and education

Nyamekye was born on 25 November 1954.[1] She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education at the University of Cape Coast.[1]

Career

Nyamekye is an educationist by profession.[1]

Political career

Nyamekye was the Member of parliament representing the Jaman South constituency in the 3rd and 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. She also served as a Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture. She was the Deputy minister in charge of livestock.[2]

2000 Elections

Nyamekye was first elected as the member of parliament for the Jaman South formerly, Jaman constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian General elections.[3] She therefore represented the constituency in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. She was elected with 19,720 votes out of 40,869 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 48.3% of total valid votes cast.[3] She was elected over Nicholas Appiah-Kubi of the National Democratic Congress, Clement Anane of the National Reform Party, Stephen Kwabena Nkyibena of the Convention People's Party and Fadel Musah Gyasi of the People's National Convention.[3] These obtained 18,807votes, 1,591votes, 403votes and 348votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[3] These were equivalent to 46%, 3.9%, 1% and 0.9% of the total valid votes cast.[3] Nyamekye was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[3] Her constituency was a part of 14 parliamentary seats out of a total 21 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that elections in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.[4][5] The electorates in that constituency's elections for that year voted in ‘skirt and blouse’ manner as the presidential candidate that won was from the major opposition party National Democratic Congress.[3] In all, the New Patriotic Party, though, won a majority total of 100 parliamentary representation out of 200parliamentary seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5]

2004 Elections

Nyamekye was re-elected as the member of parliament for the Jaman South constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[6][7] She thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. She was elected with 17,842votes out of 31,219 total valid votes cast.5,6 This was equivalent to 57.2% of the total valid votes cast.[8][7] She was elected over Osei Koranteng of People's National Convention, Ahmed Shams Dinu of the National Democratic Congress, Oteng Agyeman Jacob of the Convention People's Party and Oppong Kwabena Martin of the Democratic People's Party.5,6 These obtained 782 votes, 12,085votes, 337 votes and 173votes respectively.[6][7] These were equivalent to 2.5%, 38.7%, 1.1% and 0.6% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[6][7] Nyamekye was elected again on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[6][7] Her constituency was a part of 14 parliamentary seats out of a total 24 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana in that elections.[5][6] In all, the New Patriotic Party won an majority total of 114 parliamentary representation out of a total 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[5]

Personal life

Nyamekye is a Christian.[1]

References
  1. Ghana Parliamentary Register. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 393.
  2. "Workshop on Avian Influenza opens in Sunyani". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Jaman Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Jaman South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 134.
  8. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Jaman South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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