Gifty Twum Ampofo

Gifty Twum Ampofo (born June 11, 1967) is a Ghanaian politician and a Member of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party. She is currently the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ampofo is the deputy minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Gifty Twum Ampofo

MP
Deputy Minister
Assumed office
March 2017
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
BornGhana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

Early life and education

Gifty Twum Ampofo was born on June 11, 1967 in Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She had her BSc. in Biology from the University of Cape Coast in 1997. She further had her MBA in Strategic Management.[7] She also had her BSc from the University of Ghana.[8]

Career

Ampofo was a Science tutor at Akosombo International School before becoming a Member of Parliament.[9] She is currently the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical and Vocational Education Training.[6][10]

Politics

In 2015, she contested and won the NPP parliamentary seat for the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. She won this parliamentary seat during the 2016 general elections.[11] Two other candidates namely Victor Emmanuel Smith of the National Democratic Congress and Patrick Adjei Danquah, an Independent candidate also contested in the general elections held in 2016.[12] Ampofo won the election by obtaining 17,838 votes out of the 30,281 cast, representing 59.23 percent of total valid votes.[12]

Personal life

She is married with three children. She is a Christian and worships as a Methodist.[7]

References
  1. "Deputy Ministers". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees". Graphic Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. "Deputy Education Minister Supports Constituents". DailyGuide Network. 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  7. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Twum-Ampofo, Gifty". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  8. vieta, Kojo (2017). Know your MPs in the 7th Parliament. Accra: Flagbearers. p. 103. ISBN 9789988252281.
  9. "myjoyonline.com". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  10. "cotvet_admin – COTVET". Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  11. "parliament of Ghana".
  12. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Twum-Ampofo, Gifty". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.


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