Frederick Opare-Ansah

Hon.
Frederick Opare-Ansah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Suhum Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2021
Preceded byRansford Agyapong
Succeeded byKwadjo Asante [1]
Deputy Minister for Communications (Ghana)
In office
2005 – 6 January 2009
Personal details
Born (1968-09-05) 5 September 1968 (age 56)[2]
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ProfessionEngineer[3]
CommitteesCommunications Committee, Public Accounts Committee and Finance and Business Committee

Frederick Opare-Ansah (born September 5, 1968) is an Electrical Engineer[4][5] and Ghanaian politician who is a member of the Fourth and Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).[6][7]

Early life and education

Opare-Ansah was born on September 5, 1958.[4] He hails from Amankokrom-Akuapem, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[8][4] He graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1994.[8][4]

Employment

Opare-Ansah worked as the managing director of Third Rail (Ghana) Limited.[8] He is an Engineer by profession.[8]

Political career

Opare-Ansah is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[5] He first became a member of the Parliament of Ghana representing Suhum (Ghana parliament constituency) in January 2005 after emerging winner of his constituency polls in the 2004 Ghanaian general election in December.

He had a run of 4 consecutive terms in office represented his constituency in the 7th Parliament of Ghana.[9] where he was the Chairperson of the Communications committee and was also a member of the committees on Finance and Business.[5] In the 5th parliament of the 4th parliament of Ghana he was the Minority Chief Whip.[5]

After losing his bid to become the general secretary of the New Patriotic Party in July 2022,[10] he was appointed by the flagbearer and current vice president of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia as the campaign manager.[11][12]

Elections

Opare-Ansah represented the Suhum constituency as the Member of Parliament for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[13][7] He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party by obtaining 17,461 votes out of the 38,577 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 45.3% of total valid votes cast.[4][14] He was elected over Jacob Kwaku Arkoh of the People's National Convention, Samuel Fleischer Kwabi of the National Democratic Congress, Francis Darby Kobena Inkoom of the Convention People's Party, Matilda Garbrah an independent candidate.[14] These obtained 0.75%, 41.02%, 0.77% and 12.20% respectively of total valid votes cast.[14]

He lost the New Patriotic Party parliamentary elections in 2021 to Kwadjo Asante with 272 votes out of 666 votes cast.[15]

In March 2022, he declared his intention to run for the general secretary position of the New Patriotic Party.[16] He however polled 50 votes and lost the elections in July 2022 to Justin Koduah.[17]

Personal life

Opare-Ansah is a Christian.[4] He is married.[8]

References

  1. ^ FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Suhum Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  2. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Opare-Ansah, Frederick". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "Ghana MPS - MP Details - Opare-Ansah, Frederick". Ghana MPs. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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  5. ^ a b c d "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  6. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  7. ^ a b "Sammi Awuku defends records of party executive". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Opare-Ansah, Frederick". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  9. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Opare-Ansah, Frederick". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  10. ^ "NPP National Election: Full List Of Results". DailyGuide Network. 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  11. ^ "Bawumia's campaign team unveiled; Dan Botwe named strategist, Gideon Boako, spokesperson". 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  12. ^ "Bawumia Unveils Campaign Team". DailyGuide Network. 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  13. ^ "Results Parliamentary Elections". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  14. ^ a b c Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 90.
  15. ^ "Suhum residents". Daily Guide network. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  16. ^ "Former Suhum MP declares intention to contest as NPP General Secretary - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  17. ^ GNA (2022-07-17). "Winners: NPP National Executive Election Results at a glance". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2024-11-15.