Alexander Asum-Ahensah

Alexander Asum-Ahensah (born 23 July 1953) is a Ghanaian politician and educationist. He is a former Member of Parliament for the Jaman North in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Hon. Alexander Asum-Ahensah
Member of Parliament for Jaman North Constituency
In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
President	John Atta Mills John Mahama
Succeeded by	Siaka Stevens
Member of Parliament for Jaman North Constituency
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
President	John Kufuor
Preceded by	New constituency
Personal details
Born	23 July 1953
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Children	6
Alma mater	University of Cape Coast
Profession	Educationist
Cabinet	Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture

Early life and education

Asum-Ahensah was born on 23 July 1953.[1] His hometown is Goka in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana.[1] In 1989, he obtained a Diploma in Education from the Accra Technical Training Centre.[1] In 1997 he graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Cape Coast.[1] He obtained an Executive Masters from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.[1]

Employment

Asum-Ahensah is and educationist.[1] He has worked with the Ghana Education Service as the Assistant Director in charge of Supervision for the Jaman North District.[2][1] After he entered politics, he was appointed as the Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture in the National Democratic Congress government led by President John Atta Mills.[3]

Politics

Asum Ahensah was elected as the member of parliament for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[4] He was elected to represent the Jaman North constituency after it was newly formed in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[4][5] He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[6][7] His constituency was a part of the 10 parliamentary seats out of 24 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Brong Ahafo region.[8] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic.[8] Asum Ahensah was elected with 12,027 votes out of 22,888total valid votes cast equivalent to 52.50% of total valid votes cast.[4][7] He was elected over Kofi Oti Adinkrah of the New Patriotic Party, Twene Aduasare Kwasi of the Convention People’s Party and M. Abdulai Freeman of the Democratic People’s Party. [4][7] These obtained 45.50%, 1.90% and 0.00% respectively of total votes cast.[4][7]

Asum-Ahensah was re-elected as the Member of parliament for the Jaman North constituency in the 5th parliament for the 4th republic of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[9] He was elected with 13,359 of 24,166 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 55.28% of total valid votes cast.[10] He was elected over Siaka Stevens of the New Patriotic Party, Otteng Atta Dickson of the People's National Convention and Nyuah Abraham Justice of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 42.94%, 1.04% and 0.74% of total valid votes cast.[10]

Personal life

Asum-Ahensah is married with six children.1[1] He is a Christian and worships with the Church of Pentecost.[1]

References

1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Asum-Ahensah, Alex". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Asum-Ahensah, Alex". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
3. "Alexander Asum-Ahensah (Former Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture )". Ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
4. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Jaman North Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
5. "Jaman North". mofa.gov.gh. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
6. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Jaman North Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
7. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. November 2005. p. 133.
8. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
9. "Results Parliamentary Elections". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
10. Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 71.

See also

• • List of Mills government ministers
  • Jaman North constituency