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Mercy Adu-Gyamfi

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Hon.
Mercy Adu Gyamfi
Former MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Akwatia Constituency
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
Born (1971-05-01) 1 May 1971 (age 53)
Akwatia, Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
SpouseYes
ChildrenSix
Alma materPresby Middle School, Akwatia, Ghana
OccupationBusiness Person
ProfessionBusiness Person

Mercy Adu Gyamfi (born 1 May 1971) is a Ghanaian Parliamentarian, a member of the New Patriotic Party, the majority group in parliament, and a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[1] She is married with six kids.[2]

Early life

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Mercy Adu-Gyamfi comes from Akwatia, in the Eastern Region, of Ghana, and was born on 1 May 1971.[3]

Education

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Mrs. Mercy Adu-Gyamfi attended Presby Middle School in Akwatia and in the year 1988, she obtained the Middle School Leaving Certificate. (MSLC).[2]

Career

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She is a businesswoman and a hairdresser by profession. She became a member of Ghana's parliament in December 2016, when she won the seat of Akwatia constituency in the Eastern Region. She was a managing director, of Amasey Pharmacy, in Kade, in the Eastern Region.[1] She is a member of some committees in Parliament, she serves on the Committee on Employment and Social Welfare House Committee.[4] She obtained 21,433 votes out of the 37,716 valid votes cast, equivalent to 57,21% over her opponents Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed and Joice Sakei.[5]

Personal life

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Mercy Adu Gyamfi is married and has six children.[6] She is a Christian and a member of the Church Of Pentecost.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b UKGCC (10 July 2018). "HON. MERCY ADU-GYAMFI". UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "MPS". Ghana Mps.
  3. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament of Ghana.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Adu-Gyamfi, Mercy". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Adu-Gyamfi, Mercy". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Adu-Gyamfi, Mercy". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.