Alfred Kwame Agbesi

Alfred Kwame Agbesi (born 20 February 1955) is a lawyer and politician in Ghana. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the former Member of Parliament for Ashaiman (Ghana parliament constituency) and a former Deputy majority leader of Parliament of Ghana under John Dramani Mahama administration.

Hon.

Alfred Kwame Agbesi
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency
In office
7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017
PresidentJohn Mahama
Succeeded byErnest Henry Norgbey
Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byEmmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye
Personal details
Born (1955-02-20) 20 February 1955
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materUniversity of Ghana Ghana School of Law
ProfessionLawyer

Early life and education

Alfred Kwame Agbesi was born on 20 February 1955.[1] He was hails from Agave-Afedume in the Volta Region of Ghana.[1] He was educated in Ghana. He holds Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1979 and BL (GSL) 1981.[1][2]

Career

He worked with the judicial service of Ghana as a Lawyer before he became a member of parliament for Ashaiman.[3] He is thus a lawyer and Ghanaian politician by profession.[2]

Political career

Alfred Agbesi was the member of Ghana's parliament for Ashaiman Constituency from 2005 up till 2016 when he lost to the current member of Parliament for the Ashaiaman constituency Ernest Norgbey in the Primaries of the National Democratic Congress in 2015.[4]

After being elected in 2008 he was chosen as a member of Ghana delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria in 2009 and again in 2013 to represent Ghana.[5]

2004 Elections

Agbesi was elected as the member of parliament for the Ashaiman Constituency for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[6] He was elected with 53,559 votes out of 94,091 totla valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.9% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Hajia Hajara M. Ali of the People's National Convention, Teye Emmanauel Kinsford Kwesi of the New Patriotic Party, Phoyon Isaac Bruce Mensah of the Convention People's Party and Amable Kwame Samuel am independent candidate. These obtained 2.9%, 38.3%, 0.9% and 1.0% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[7] Agbesi was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[2] His constituency was a part of the 10 constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress in the Greater Accra region in that elections.[8] In all, the National Democratic Congress won a total 94 parliamentary seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[9]

Personal life

Agbesi is married with six children.[1] He is a Christian.[1]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Agbesi, Alfred Kwame". 2016-05-06. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament Year: 2004. 2004. p. 111.
  3. "Kwame Alfred Agbesi, Hon". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  4. "Norgbey wins Ashaiman seat - The Ghanaian Times". www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  5. "Parliament divided on who leads delegation to ECOWAS Parliament". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Ashaiman Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  7. Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections (PDF). Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 163.
  8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Greater Accra Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  9. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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