Ivor Greenstreet

He was an active member of the People's Convention Party (PCP) before the party merged with NCP to form the CPP in 1996. He continued to play various roles in the CPP. In 2004 he was selected by the party as it parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency to contest in the 2004 Ghanaian general election, which he lost to Akosua Frema Osei-Opare of the NPP. He was the first General Secretary to be re-elected twice for the CPP in 2007 and also in 2011.[11] He is an enthusiastic Scuba diver, the first African to participate in an international parachuting event, and a member of the Ghana National Rifle Association (GNRA).

In January 2016, he contested for the Presidential Nomination to represent the CPP and won with a total vote of 1,288 votes, representing 64.2% of valid votes cast while his closest contender Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah, managed only 579 votes.[12][13] This victory made him the first physically challenged person to contest for a Presidential election in Ghana.[14] He was the 2016 Ghanaian general election flagbearer for the (CPP). At the end of the election he lost with 25,552 votes representing 0.24 with Nana Akufo-Addo emerging as winner.[15]

He was re-elected as the flagbearer for the Convention People's Party (CPP) for the 2020 general elections.[16] In October 2020 he chose Professor Emmanuel Bobobe to be his running mate[17]