Gifty Twum-Ampofo
Gifty Twum Ampofo MP | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister | |
| Assumed office March 2017 | |
| President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ghana |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
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 pf Parliament for Abuakwa North constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Gifty Twum Ampofo is the deputy minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5]
Hometown
Gifty Twum Ampofo was born on June 11, 1967 in Kukurantumi, Eastern Region of Ghana.[6]
Career
Gifty Twum-Ampofo was a Science tutor at Akosombo International School before becoming a Member of Parliament.[7]
Education
She graduated from University of Cape Coast with a BSc. in Biology in 1997.[8] She also attended University of Ghana for her BSC (HONS) Degree.[citation needed]
She completed her MBA (Strategic Management)[6]
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.[9] 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.[8] Gifty Twum Ampofo won the election by obtaining 17,838 votes out of the 30,281 cast, representing 59.23 percent of total valid votes.[8]
References
- ^ "Deputy Ministers". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees". Graphic Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Twum-Ampofo, Gifty". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ "myjoyonline.com". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
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- ^ "parliament of Ghana".
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