Appiah-Pinkrah was born on August 23, 1947.[1][3] He hails from Akrofoum, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][5] He is a product of the Fairleigh Dickson University in the United States of America.[3][1] He holds a Master of Arts in International Studies from the university.[5][3] He acquired a diploma (higher level degree) from the University of Bremen West Germany.[3]
Career
Appiah-Pinkrah is a management and development consultant.[5] He is the CEO of Global Linkages Company Limited in Accra.[6]
Political career
Appiah-Pinkrah is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[3][7][8] He has since then had a run of four consecutive terms in office.[5] He is the MP for Akrofoum constituency.[3][1][7][8] He has been elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[3] He was a member of the Local Government and Rural Development Committee and Government Assurance Committee in the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[3]
Elections
Appiah-Pinkrah was elected as the member of parliament for the Akrofoum constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[3][7][8] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[3][7][8] 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.[9] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[10] He was elected with 10,808 votes out of 15,645 total valid votes cast equivalent to 70.4% of total valid votes cast.[7][8] He was elected over Joseph K. Abim of the National Democratic Congress.[7][8] He obtained 29.6% of total valid votes cast.[7][8]
In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[11][12] 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.[13] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[14] He was elected with 8,976 votes out of 14,606 total valid votes cast equivalent to 61.45% of total valid votes cast.[12][11] He was elected over Opoku Ampofo Manu of the National Democratic Congress, Anthony Kwakye Ameyaw of the Convention People's Party and Boniface Nickson an independent candidate.[11][12] These obtained 32.38%, 4.92% and 1.24% respectively of the total votes cast.[11][12]
Personal life
Appiah-Pinkrah is a Christian.[3][1] He fellowships with the Methodist Church.[1] He is married with four children.[5]
^ abcdefgElections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 118.
