Francis Osafo-Mensah

Francis Osafo Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of parliament for the Mpraeso constituency of the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1] He was also a former regional minister of the said region and a member of the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[2]

Hon.

Francis Osafo-Mensah
Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Succeeded bySeth Kwame Acheampong
Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materDurham University
ProfessionMedical doctor

Early life and education

He was born in the year 1936 to a noble family in the Eastern region.[3] He had his bachelor's degree in Durham University located in the United Kingdom and also majored in Medicine and Surgery.[4][5]

Career

Osafo-Mensah is a surgeon by profession.[5] He is also a medical doctor.[6]

Politics

Mensah's political career begun in 1996 when he contested as a parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party as a representative of the Mpraeso constituency.[7] He won this seat with a total of 14,906 votes making 41% of the total votes cast that year.[8] He retained his seat in the 2000 general elections with a total of 13,080 giving 54% of total votes cast.[9] His competitors were on the tickets of; National Democratic Congress (NDC), People's National Convention (PNC), National Reform Party (NRP) and the United Ghana Movement (UGM).

The representatives of the parties were Mike K.S. Akyeampong, Asiamah Godfried Nyarko,Kwabena Adjei and Aninakwa Samuel Kyeramanteng respectively. The NDC had a total votes of 10,318 which is equal to 42.90%. PNC had 265 votes which is equivalent to 1.10%, NRP had 261 which also is equal to 1.10% and the UGM Had 113 votes which is comparable to 0.50% of the total votes cast.[10] Mensah retained his seat for the third time on the ticket of the New Patriotic party in the 2004 general elections with 67.4% of the total votes cast.[11] His parliamentary term ended in 2009.

Personal life

Francis Osafo-Mensah is a Christian.[6]

See also

References
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  2. https://allafrica.com/stories/200210290669.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf
  4. "Durham University – Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. "Ghana Parliamentary Register (2004–2008)". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004–2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004.
  7. Online, Peace FM. "We Need To Build A Stronger, Prouder And Better Kwahu – OPK Declares As He Files To Contest Mpraeso NPP". m.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. FM, Peace. "Parliament – Mpraeso Constituency Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  9. Järvisalo, J.; Saris, N. E. (1 September 1975). "Action of propranolol on mitochondrial functions—effects on energized ion fluxes in the presence of valinomycin". Biochemical Pharmacology. 24 (18): 1701–1705. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(75)90009-x. ISSN 0006-2952. PMID 13.
  10. "Parliament: Eastern Region". Peace FM Online. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. FM, Peace. "Parliament – Eastern Region Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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