Alfred Kwame Agbesi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Alfred Kwame Agbesi
Constituency Mp1:Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency
Parliament1:Ghana
Term Start1:7 January 2013
Term End1:6 January 2017
President1:John Mahama
Successor1:Ernest Henry Norgbey
Office2:Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency
Term Start2:7 January 2009
Term End2:6 January 2013
President2:John Atta Mills
John Mahama
Office3:Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2005
Term End3:6 January 2009
President3:John Kufuor
Predecessor3:Emmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye
Birth Date:20 February 1955
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:National Democratic Congress
Alma Mater:University of GhanaGhana School of Law
Profession:Lawyer

Alfred Kwame Agbesi (born 20 February 1955) is a lawyer and politician in Ghana. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the former Member of Parliament for Ashaiman (Ghana parliament constituency) and a former Deputy majority leader of Parliament of Ghana under John Dramani Mahama administration.

Early life and education

Alfred Kwame Agbesi was born on 20 February 1955.[1] He was hails from Agave-Afedume in the Volta Region of Ghana. He was educated in Ghana. He holds Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1979 and BL (GSL) 1981.[2]

Career

He worked with the judicial service of Ghana as a Lawyer before he became a member of parliament for Ashaiman.[3] He is thus a lawyer and Ghanaian politician by profession.

Political career

Alfred Agbesi was the member of Ghana's parliament for Ashaiman Constituency from 2005 up till 2016 when he lost to the current member of Parliament for the Ashaiman constituency Ernest Norgbey in the Primaries of the National Democratic Congress in 2015.[4]

After being elected in 2008 he was chosen as a member of Ghana delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria in 2009 and again in 2013 to represent Ghana.[5]

2004 Elections

Agbesi was elected as the member of parliament for the Ashaiman Constituency for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[6] He was elected with 53,559 votes out of 94,091 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.9% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Hajia Hajara M. Ali of the People's National Convention, Teye Emmanauel Kinsford Kwesi of the New Patriotic Party, Phoyon Isaac Bruce Mensah of the Convention People's Party and Amable Kwame Samuel am independent candidate. These obtained 2.9%, 38.3%, 0.9% and 1.0% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[7] Agbesi was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the 10 constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress in the Greater Accra region in that elections.[8] In all, the National Democratic Congress won a total 94 parliamentary seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[9]

Personal life

Agbesi is married with six children. He is a Christian.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-05-06. Ghana MPs - MP Details - Agbesi, Alfred Kwame. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506150409/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=40. dead. 2016-05-06. 2020-08-06.
  2. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. The Office of Parliament Year: 2004. 2004. Ghana. 111.
  3. Web site: Kwame Alfred Agbesi, Hon. . 2017-02-21 . GhanaWeb..
  4. Web site: Norgbey wins Ashaiman seat - The Ghanaian Times . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195241/http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/norgbey-wins-ashaiman-seat/ . 2017-02-22 . 2017-02-21 . Ghanaian times. . en.
  5. Web site: Parliament divided on who leads delegation to ECOWAS Parliament . 2017-02-21 . GhanaWeb..
  6. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2004 Results - Ashaiman Constituency. 2020-08-06. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  7. Book: Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. Ghana. 163.
  8. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2004 Results - Greater Accra Region. 2020-08-06. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  9. News: 2016-08-10. Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results. en-US. Fact Check Ghana. 2020-08-06.