Franklin Winfred K. Aheto

Franklin Winfred K. Aheto is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of parliament for the first and second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana for the Ashiaman Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1][2][3]

Early life and education
Hon.

Franklin Winfred K. Aheto
In office
1993-01-07–1997-01-07
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2001
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Succeeded byEmmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Aheto is a Ghanaian, a politician and a member of the second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[4] He was elected as a member of parliament for the Ashaiman constituency during the 1996 Ghanaian general elections.

Politics

Aheto represented into parliament for the first time during the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected for the second time to be a member of parliament for Ashaiman constituency during the 1996 Ghanaian general elections,[5][6] where he won with a total votes count of 35,212 over his opponents; Doku Joseph-Wills K. K. of the People's Convention Party who polled 1,653 of the total votes count, Herbert Kofi Aggor People's National Convention also polled 1,822 of the total votes count, Samuel Korle Amegah an Independent Candidate also polling 6,663 of the total vote count and Iddrisu Abdel-Kareem of the New Patriotic Party who polled 18,081 of the total votes count.[7][8][9]He held onto it until Hon Emmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye of New Patriotic Party took over in 2000 as a result of serious internal wrangling among the membership of the National Democratic Congress in the constituency. Hon. Alfred Kwame Agbesi took the seat back for the NDC in the 2004 elections.[10]

Personal life

Aheto is a Christian.[11]

References
  1. "Deputy Majority leader in trouble". www.ghanaweb.com. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. "Member of Parliament sues journalists for libel". IFEX. 1997-11-03. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996.
  4. Dzokpo, Ike (2019-07-16). "Parliamentary Primaries: Ashaiman MP in hot soup". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. infoboxdaily.com http://infoboxdaily.com/deputy-majority-leader-faces-stiff-competition-in-ndc-primaries/. Retrieved 2020-10-08. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Fear Grips Deputy Majority Leader Over The Emergence Of Martin Luther King". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  7. (PDF) https://ec.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1996-Parliamentary-Election-Results.pdf. Retrieved 8 October 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Ashaiman: A constituency to watch on December 7". Pulse Ghana. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  9. "Deputy Majority leader in trouble". www.ghanaweb.com. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  10. "Ashaiman MP Hot Over Parliamentary Primaries". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  11. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996.


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