Albert Abongo

Albert Abongo (born September 15, 1959) is a Ghanaian politician and civil engineer.[1] Abongo is from the Bongo District near the city of Bolgatanga, Upper East Region and is a member of the National Democratic Congress and the Member of Parliament for Bongo.[2][3]

Hon.

Albert Abongo
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Bongo
Assumed office
January 2001
Preceded bySimon Alangde Asabo
Majority8,256
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing
Assumed office
February 2009
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byBoniface Abubakar Saddique
Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born (1959-09-15) 15 September 1959
Gowrie-Bongo
Upper East Region
Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children6
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
OccupationCivil engineer

Early life and education

Albert Abongo was born in 1959 at Gowrie-Bongo in the Upper East Region of Ghana.[4] He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1986. He also attended University of Trondheim in Norway and studied Ports and Coastal Engineering in 1992.[5] He worked as a civil engineer with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority prior to entering politics. He is a Christian and married with seven children.[6]

Career

Abongo is an engineer by profession.[7]

Politics

Abongo is a member of the National Democratic Congress and was the Upper East Regional Minister.[8] In February 2009, he was appointed Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing by President Mills.[4] He had a run of 4 terms in office as the member of the parliament representing the Bongo Constituency coming into office in January 2001.[9] He was also a member of the committee on Health, House, Land and Forestry.[10]

Elections

Abongo was elected as the member of parliament for the Bongo constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[11][12] He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[11][12] His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 13 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Upper East Region.[13] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[14] He was elected with 17,397 votes out of 28,645 total valid votes cast.[11][12] This was equivalent to 60.7% of total valid votes cast.[12][11] He was elected over Abugre Felix of the Peoples’ National Convention, Andrews Awuni Aberibire of the New Patriotic Party and Amoro Mpuse of the Convention People’s Party. These obtained 719, 10,311 and 218 votes respectively of total votes cast.[11][12] These were equivalent to 2.5%, 36% and 0.8% respectively of total valid votes cast.[11][12]

Personal life

Abongo is a Christian.[7]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Abongo, Albert". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/republic/parliamentatian.php?ID=4
  4. "Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing".
  5. "Ghana Parliament member Albert Abongo". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. "Ghana MPS - MP Details - Abongo, Albert".
  7. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004.
  8. "Disputes bane of north – Albert Abongo".
  9. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Abongo, Albert". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  10. "Ghana Parliament member Albert Abongo". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  11. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 184.
  12. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Bongo Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  13. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
Simon Alangde Asabo		 Member of Parliament for Bongo
2001 – present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Boniface Abubakar Saddique		 Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing
2009 – present		 Incumbent


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