Kofi Frimpong

Kofi Frimpong (born 17 June 1951)[1][2] is a businessman[1][2] and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana.[1] He was the Member of Parliament representing Kwabre East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th,5th and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[3][4][5][6][7] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[2][1][8][9][10]

Hon.

Kofi Frimpong
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Kwabre East Constituency
In office
7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017
PresidentJohn Mahama
Member of Parliament for Kwabre East Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Kwabre East Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born (1951-06-17) 17 June 1951
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
ProfessionBusinessman

Early life and education

Frimpong was born on 17 June 1951.[1][2][11] He hails from Ntonso, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2] He is a product of the University of Ghana (UG).[1][2] He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Political Science from the university.[1][2] He acquired the degree in 1978.[1][2]

Career

Frimpong is a businessman.[1][2] He was the managing director of Bakota Medical Technology Limited in Kumasi.[1][2] This was before he run for political office in 2004.[1][2]

Political career

Frimpong is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1][2] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[3][4] He run for two more terms and won.[3][4][5][6][7][12] He was the MP for Kwabre East constituency.[2][1] He was elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in the fourth, fifth and sixth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[12][7][6][5][4][3][2][1]

Elections

Frimpong was elected as the member of parliament for the Kwabre East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[3][4] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[3][4] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[13] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[14] He was elected with 42,094 votes out of 51,871 total valid votes cast.[3][4] This was equivalent to 81.2% of total valid votes cast.[3][4] He was elected over Augustine Yeboah Domfeh of the National Democratic Congress and Agnes Donkor of the Convention People's Party.[3][4] These obtained 8,906 and 871 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.[3][4] These were equivalent to 17.2% and 1.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.[3][4]

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[6][5] His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[15] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[16] He was elected with 41,454 votes out of 54,517 total valid votes cast.[5][6] This was equivalent to 76.04% of total valid votes cast.[6][5] He was elected over Bismark Adu-Asere of the National Democratic Congress, Zacharia Awuah of Democratic Freedom Party and Alice Duah Boateng of the Convention People's Party.[5][6] These obtained 10,824, 555 and 1,684 votes respectively of total valid votes cast.[5][6] These were equivalent to 19.85%, 1.02% and 3.09% respectively of the total votes cast.[6][5]

In 2012, he won the general elections once more on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[12][7] He was elected with 62,048 votes out of 82,377 total valid votes cast.[7][12] This was equivalent to 75.32% of total valid votes cast.[7][12] He was elected over Fatao Iliyasu of the National Democratic Congress, Zacharia Awuah of the Progressive People's Party and Edward J.B Danquah an independent candidate.[7][12] These obtained 17,521, 1,284 and 1,524 votes of the total valid votes cast.[12][7] These were equivalent to 21.27%, 1.56% and 1.85% respectively of the total votes cast.[12][7]

Personal life

Frimpong is a Christian.[1][2] He is a Seventh-Day Adventist.[1] He is married with ten children.[1][2]

See also


References
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  2. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Frimpong, Kofi". 2 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results – Kwabre East Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 124.
  5. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Kwabre East Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 62.
  7. Elections 2012. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. p. 134.
  8. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Frimpong, Kofi". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. Peace FM. "Kofi Frimpong Storms Parliament". www.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  10. "Kofi Frimpong re-elected NPP parliamentary candidate for Kwabre East". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Frimpong, Kofi". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  12. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2012 Results – Kwabre East Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  13. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  14. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results – President". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2008 Results – Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  16. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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