Cecilia Gyan Amoah
Cecilia Gyan Amoah | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Asutifi South | |
| In office January 2001 – January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Collins Dauda |
| Succeeded by | Collins Dauda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1947 |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Spouse | Dr. Philip Kofi Adjapong Amoah (deceased) |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Teacher, Politician |
Cecilia Gyan Amoah (born 26 October 1947) is a Ghanaian politician who represented the Asutifi South Constituency from 2000 to 2005, and former diplomat to both Cuba and Barbados. She has since stood again for parliament in the Asutifi South constituency, where her deceased husband had previously contested.
Career
She won the Asutifi South Constituency during the 2000 parliamentary elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), defeating the incumbent Alhaji Dauda of the National Democratic Congress.[1]
Amoah was the member of parliament for the Asutifi South Constituency from January 2001 to January 2005.[2] This was following the death of her husband in 2000, who had previously stood for the party in that district.[3] She left the ticket after a loss in the primary for the party in late 2004 to Thomas Broni, deputy Minister for the Interior. She was the first female MP of the NPP to be voted off a ticket.[2]
She also served as Ghana's ambassador to Cuba,[4] becoming High Commissioner to Barbados afterwards.[5] On 13 June 2015, Amoah won the Asutifi South constituency New Patriotic Party parliamentary primaries to represent the party again in the Ghanaian general election in 2016. However, one member of her late husband's family (a distant cousin) did not support her attempt to return, calling the incumbent Collins Dauda "dangerous".[3] Amoah had accused her opposition party of using intimidation tactics after claiming they sent men to assault NPP polling agents.[6] Amoah and several others were later attacked by unknown assailants, who destroyed several bicycles in their care.[7]
References
- ^ "Alhaji Dauda goes unopposed in Asutifi South". Ghana News Agency. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Broni Defeats Mrs. Gyan-Amoah". GhanaWeb. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ a b "NPP Asutifi South Parliamentary Candidate Under Pressure To Bow Out Of Contest". Peace FM Online. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Ghanaian Embassy Donates Toys to Children's Hospital in Havana". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "CPAA Director Wants to See Student Exchange Programmes with Universities in Africa". Barbados Government Information Service. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "You Want Our Vote...& You're Already Violating Laws...What If You Gain Power? - Pratt". Peace FM Online. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "I Am And Still Remain An Agent Of Peace – Nana Akufo Addo". GLA News. Retrieved 1 November 2016.[permanent dead link]