Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Abena Durowaa Mensah | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp: | Assin North Constituency |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Term Start: | 7 January 2017 |
Term End: | 6 January 2021 |
Successor: | James Gyakye Quayson |
President2: | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1977 |
Birth Place: | Assin Kushea, Ghana |
Birthname: | Abena Durowaa Mensah |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | New Patriotic Party |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Ghana Insurance College, CIM - UK, Christian Service University College |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Manager |
Abena Durowaa Mensah (born 21 June 1977) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. She was the member of parliament for Assin North Constituency.[1] [2] [3]
Mensah was born on 21 June 1977 in Assin Kushea in the Central Region of Ghana. She holds a Diploma in Insurance from Ghana Insurance College, a professional Certificate in Marketing (CIM - UK), and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Christian Service University College.[4] [5]
Mensah was the Manager for Esich Life Assurance in Sunyani.
Mensah is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[6] She was the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency from 2017 to 2021.
In the 2016 Ghanaian general elections, she won the Assin North Constituency parliamentary seat with 15,553 votes making 56.8% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Samuel Ambre had 10,751 votes making 39.2% of the total votes cast, the PPP parliamentary candidate Isaac Manu had 979 votes making 3.6% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Sanni Mahama had 115 votes making 0.4% of the total votes cast.[7]
In the 2020 Ghanaian general election, she lost the Assin North Constituency seat to the NDC parliamentary candidate James Gyakye Quayson.[8] She had 14,193 votes making 44.79% of the total votes cast.[9] [10]
Mensah is married with two children. She identifies as a Christian.