Mohammed Boakye Agyemang

Mohammed Boakye Agyemang (born 2 January 1949) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Ejisu-Juabeng constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] He represented the National Democratic Congress.[2][3]

Mohammed Boakye Agyemang
MP for Ejisu-Juaben
In office
7 January 1993 – 6 January 1997
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Preceded byJohn Emmanuel Amoah
Succeeded byAkwasi Osei-Adjei
Personal details
Born (1949-01-02) 2 January 1949
Juaben, Ashanti Region Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
EducationOfori Panin Senior High School
Alma materPresbyterian College of Education, Akropong
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Early life and education

Agyemang was born at Juaben in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended Ofori Panin Secondary School where he obtained his GCE Ordinary Certificate, and the Presby Training College in Akropong, where was awarded his Teachers' Training Certificate.[4]

Politics

Agyemang was elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress to represent the Ejisu-Juabeng Constituency (now split into the Ejisu Constituency and the Juaben Constituency) in the Ashanti Region of Ghana during the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election. During the 1996 Ghanaian general election, he was defeated by Akwasi Osei-Adjei of the New Patriotic Party who polled 34,521 votes out of the total valid votes cast representing 63.20% against his (Mohammed Boakye Agyeman) 10,103 votes which represented 18.50% of the total valid votes cast. Kwasi Baidoo of the Convention People's Party polled 569 votes representing 1.00% of the total valid votes cast, and Kwame Owusu Agyeman of the People's National Congress polled 428 votes representing 0.80% of the total valid votes cast.[5]

Career

Agyeman is a teacher by profession and a former member of parliament for the Ejisu-Juabeng Constituency. He resigned from being the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in 2011.[6]

Personal life

Agyeman is a Muslim (Islam).[4]

References
  1. "maryjonah/maryjonah.github.io". GitHub. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "Boakye Agyemang confirmed as Ejisu – Juabeng MCE". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. "Dismissal of MCE sparks resignations in Ejisu-Juaben NDC - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992–1996
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results – Ejisu Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. Online, Peace FM. "Yamoah Ponko Confirmed As MCE For Ejisu-Juaben". Peacefmonline.com – Ghana news. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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