Elizabeth Amoah Tetteh

Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh (born 25 November 1945)[1] is an educationist[1] and Ghanaian politician. She was the Member of Parliament for the Twifu-Atti Morkwaa constituency in the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[2]

Hon.

Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh
Member of Parliament
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byNone
ConstituencyTwifu-Atti Morkwaa
Member of Parliament
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Succeeded bySamuel Ato Amoah
ConstituencyTwifu-Atti Morkwaa
MajorityNDC
Personal details
Born (1945-11-25) 25 November 1945
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materSpecialist training College, Winneba
OccupationEducationist

Early life and education

Amoah-Tetteh was born on 25 November 1945.[1] She hails from Twifo-Abodom in the Central Region of Ghana.[1] In 1974 she obtained a Diploma in Physical Education at the Specialist Training College in Winneba.[1]

Career

Amoah-Tetteh worked as an Assistant Director for Data Collection at the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education Service in Accra.[1] She was a member of Parliament for the Twifo-Atti Morkwaa constituency and also the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Pre-tertiary Education[3][4] during regime of His Excellency the Ex-President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.

Politics

Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh first represented the Twifo-Atti Morkwaa constituency as a member of parliament in the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana after winning on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections.[1][2][5] She obtained a total votes count of 14,724 votes out of the 28,632 valid votes cast representing 51.4% over her other candidates, Abraham Dwuma Odoom of the New Patriotic Party who pulled 13,086 votes representing 42.90% and Rose Buah-Bassuah of the Conventions People's Party who also obtained 1,577 votes representing 5.2%.[6][7]

 

Personal life

Amoah-Tetteh is married with seven children.[1] She is a Christian.[1]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Amoah-Tetteh, Elizabeth (Mrs)". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 81.
  3. "Three-year training programme for visual impaired teachers opens". www.ghanaweb.com. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. Ghana, News (30 January 2012). "Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh donates food and other items worth GHc1,000 to school". News Ghana. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results – Twifo – Atti Morkwaa Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. FM, Peace. "Parliament - Central Region Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Amoah-Tetteh, Elizabeth (Mrs)". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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