Richard Dornu Nartey

Nartey was born in 1949 at Shama, Ghana. He studied at the University of Ghana and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration where he gained his Bachelors of Arts degree in linguistics and postgraduate diploma in public administration respectively.[1]

Nartey was first voted into ghanaian parliament during the 1992 Ghanaian general elections. He was a member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana. He was voted into power on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. In 1992, some major political parties in Ghana boycotted the general elections making most of the candidates of the National Democratic Congress the majority in parliament.[2] During the 1996 Ghanaian general elections, he won with 12,756 votes representing 39.70% out of the total votes cast. He won the seat against Ernest Nii Tackie-Otoo of the Convention Peoples Party with 6,648 votes representing 20.70%, Angelina Baiden Amissah of the New Patriotic Party with 5,934 votes representing 18.50% and Paul Kingsley Awotwi of the Peoples National Convention with 527 votes representing 1.60% of the total votes cast. He was the majority chief whip in parliament of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[3][4] Consequently, during the 2000 Ghanaian general elections he lost the Shama seat to Angelina Baiden Amissah of the New Patriotic Party.[5]

Nartey is married and a christian.[1]

• List of Mps elected in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary elections
• List of Mps elected in the 1996 Ghanaian parliamentary elections