Simon Osei-Mensah

Simon Osei-Mensah (born 27 May 1961) is a Ghanaian politician, a member of the 6th Parliament and 4th Republic of Ghana, and a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana. He is the Ashanti Regional minister of Ghana.[2] He was appointed by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo in January 2017 and was approved by the members of parliament in February 2017.[3]

Hon.

Simon Osei-Mensah
Ashanti Regional Minister
Assumed office
February 2017
Preceded byPeter Anarfi-Mensah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Bosomtwe Constituency
In office
7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017
PresidentJohn Mahama
Succeeded byYaw Osei Adutwum
Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byPoku Adu-Gyamfi
Personal details
Born (1961-05-27) 27 May 1961
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children5
Alma materUniversity of National and World Economy[1]
OccupationEconomist/Banker[1]

Early life and education

Simon Osei-Mensah was born on 27 May 1961.[4] He hails from a town known as Jachie in the Ashanti region.[1] He obatined a Master of Science degree in economics from University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria.[5][1] He obtained the degree in 1991.[1] He also has a Certificate in Banking from the Institute of Business located in Odense, Denmark.[4] He acquired the certificate in 1998.[1]

Career

Osei-Mensah is an Economist and Banker by profession.[4] He worked as operations manager at Kuapa Kokoo Credit Union before aspiring into political office.[1]

Political career

Osei-Mensah is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1][6][7][8][9] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[6][7] He run for a second and third term and won. He was the MP for Bosomtwe constituency.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11] He was elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in the fourth, fifth and sixth parliaments of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[6][7][8][9][10][11] In February 2020, after his party came back into office, he was appointed by President Nana Akuffo-Addo as the Ashanti regional minister.[12]

Elections

Osei-Mensah was elected as the member of parliament for the Bosomtwe constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[7][6] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[6][7] 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 28,052 votes out of 34,225 total valid votes cast equivalent to 82% of total valid votes cast.[6][7] He was elected over Suleiman Mohammed of the Peoples’ National Convention, Edward Isaac Boateng of the National Democratic Congress and Paul Adomako Ansah of the Convention People’s Party.[6][7] These obtained 1.0%, 14.3% and 2.8% respectively of total valid votes cast.[6][7]

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[9][8] 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 25,988 votes out of 37,194 total valid votes cast.[8][9] This was equivalent to 69.87% of total valid votes cast.[8][9] He was elected over Suleiman Mohammed of the Peoples’ National Convention, Dr. Joseph Oteng Adjei of the National Democratic Congress and Gilbert Adler Alhassan of the Convention People’s Party.[8][9] These obtained 1.46%, 27.67% and 0.99% respectively of the total votes cast.[8][9]

In 2012, he won the general elections one more time on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[10][11] He was elected with 34,790 votes out of 52,269 total valid votes cast.[10][11] This was equivalent to 66.56% of total valid votes cast.[10][11] He was elected over Joe Oteng-Adjei of the National Democratic Congress, Kwame Ofosu Chei of Progressive People’s Party and Yaw Wiredu of the People’s National Convention.[10][11] These obtained 32.97%, 0.36% and 0.11% respectively of the total votes cast.[10][11]

Personal life

Osei-Mensah is a Catholic Christian.[1] He is married with five children.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Osei-Mensah, Simon". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Adogla-Bessa, Delali (24 January 2017). "List of Nana Addo's 10 Regional Minister-nominees". Ghana News. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. Adogla-Bessa, Delali (18 February 2017). "Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees". Ghana News. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. "Welcome to Ghana Members of Parliament Website". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. "University of National and World Economy". University of National and World Economy. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Adansi Asokwa 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. 2005. p. 122.
  8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Adansi Asokwa Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 61.
  10. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2012 Results - Bosomtwe Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. Election 2012. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2012. p. 130.
  12. "Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  13. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  14. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  16. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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