Anthony Boakye-Yiadom Explained

Anthony Boakye-Yiadom
Office:Member of Parliament for Amansie West Constituency
Term Start:7 January 1996
Term End:6 January 2001
President:Jerry John Rawlings
Predecessor:Kofi Amankwaa Peasah
Successor:Stephen Cobbinah B. Karikari
Parliament1:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:New Patriotic Party

Anthony Boakye-Yiadom is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of parliament that represented Amansie West constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana with the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1] [2] [3]

Politics

Anthony Boakye-Yiadom's political career began after he contested for the office of the member of the parliament to represent Amannsie West Constituency in the 1996 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He took the seat from Mr. Kofi Amankwaa Peasah of National Democratic Congress after obtaining 24,874 votes to beat Mr Kwaku Aninkora Sie of the National Democratic Congress who had 11,789 votes, Mr. E.K.Berko of the People's National Convention who had 1,174 votes and Mr. John Nimoh of the National Convention Party who had 1,160 votes. He was succeeded in office by Stephen Cobbinah Buor-Karikari of the New Patriotic Party who won the 2000 Ghanaian general election.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Personal life

Anthony Boakye-Yiadom is a Christian and a Church elder at the Church of Pentecost.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs . 2020-10-05 . GhanaMps..
  2. Web site: 2007-09-28 . Results - 1996 Parliamentary Elections . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085221/http://212.67.202.38/~gri/Elect/1996results.html . 2007-09-28 . 2020-10-07 . Web Archive.
  3. Web site: 2 June 1999 . MP decries spate of Chieftaincy disputes . 2020-10-07 . GhanaWeb. . en.
  4. Web site: Ghana HomePage, resource for News, Sports, Facts, Opinions, Business and Entertainment . 2020-10-06 . GhanaWeb..
  5. Web site: FM . Peace . Ghana Election 1996 Results - Asokwa West Constituency . 2020-10-06 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  6. Web site: FM . Peace . Parliament - Ashanti Region Election 1996 Results . 2020-10-07 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  7. Web site: FM. Peace. Parliament - Ashanti Region Election 2000 Results. 2020-10-07. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  8. Web site: Church Leaders - pentproject . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101135708/https://sites.google.com/site/pentprojector/our-pastors . 2020-11-01 . 2020-10-07 . Google Site.