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Hon.
Desmond De-graft Paitoo
MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Gomoa East Constituency
Personal details
Born (1969-08-21) 21 August 1969 (age 55)
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Desmond De-graft Paitoo (born 21 August 1969) is a Ghanaian politician who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the Gomoa East Constituency.[1][2][3]

Early Life and Education

Desmond De-graft was born and hails from Gomoa Dasum in the Central Region of Ghana. Desmond De-graft had his MSLC in 1987, City and Guild Intermediate (Mechanical Engineering) in 1991 and his Degree (Supply Chain Management (Procurement)) in 2018.[4][5]

Career

Desmond De-graft is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Desreen Shipping And Logistics. He is also now working as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[6][7][8]

Political Life

Desmond De-graft contested and won the NDC parliamentary primaries for Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[9][10] Desmond De-graft won again in the 2020 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with 36,637 votes (49.46%) to join the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana against Kojo Asemanyi of the New Patriotic Party who had 135,873 votes (48.42%), Samuel Kofi Essel of GUM who had 1,397 votes (1.89%) and Emmanuel Otchere of UPP who also had 173 votes (0.23%).[11][12][13][14]

Committees

Desmond De-graft is a member of the House Committee. He is also a member of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[15]

Personal life

Desmond De-graft is a Christian[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Degraft Paitoo wins Gomoa East NDC primary re-run". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  2. ^ "Businessman sues Gomoa East NDC parliamentary candidate". GhanaWeb. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. ^ Abedu-Kennedy, Dorcas (2020-11-13). "The Big Debate: Gomoa East MP, NDC PC battle it out over projects". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  5. ^ "Paitoo, De-Graft Desmond". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  6. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  7. ^ "Paitoo, De-Graft Desmond". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  8. ^ "LinkedIn". gh.linkedin.com.
  9. ^ "Degraft Paitoo wins Gomoa East NDC primary re-run". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  10. ^ "#NDCDecides: Central Region primaries results". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  11. ^ FM, Peace. "Gomoa East Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  12. ^ "2020 PARLIAMENTARY RESULTS – Electoral Commission". ec.gov.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  13. ^ Coverghana.com.gh (2020-12-17). "Election 2020: Breakdown of parliamentary seats won by NDC". Coverghana.com.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  14. ^ "Paitoo, De-Graft Desmond". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  15. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  16. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  17. ^ "Paitoo, De-Graft Desmond". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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