Barbara Oteng Gyasi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Barbara Oteng Gyasi
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Parliament:Ghana
Birth Date:5 October 1964
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:New Patriotic Party
Spouse:Tony Oteng Gyasi
Children:5
Alma Mater:University of Ghana
Ghana School of Law
Profession:Lawyer
Office2:Member of Ghana Parliament for Prestea-Huni Valley constituency
Term Start1:February 2019
Term Start2:7 January 2017
Term End2:6 January 2021
Office1:Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts
Successor2:Robert Wisdom Cudjoe
Predecessor1:Catherine Afeku
Predecessor2:Francis Adu-Blay Koffie
President1:Nana Akuffo-Addo

Barbara Oteng Gyasi (born 5 October 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and the former Member of Parliament of Prestea Huni-Valley constituency of the Western Region of Ghana.[1] She is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and was a Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in Ghana and also the former Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Early life and education

Gyasi was born on 5 October 1964.[8] She has a degree in law from the University of Ghana.[8] and also holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Ghana School of Law.[9]

Career

Gyasi worked as the head of legal department in Vivo Energy Ghana Limited from 2012 to 2016.[8]

Politics

As the NPP candidate, Gyasi was elected to represent the Prestea Huni-Valley Constituency in 2016, but failed to retain the seat in the 2020 Ghanaian elections, as she lost to Robert Wisdom Cudjoe of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).[10]

2016 election

Gyasi contested the Prestea Huni- Valley constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 36,444 votes, representing 51.86% of the total votes. He won the parliamentary seat over Robert Wisdom Cudjoe of the National Democratic Congress, Duku Edmund of the Progressive People's Party, Theophiles Badu Samora Barimah of the IND and Francis Owusu Eduku of the Convention People's Party. They obtained 32,073 votes, 848 votes, 755 votes and 152 votes respectively. These represent 45.64%, 1.21%, 1.06% and 0.23% of the total votes respectively.[11]

2020 election

Gyasi again contested the Prestea Huni- Valley (Ghana parliament constituency) on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2020 Ghanaian general election but lost the election to Robert Wisdom Cudjoe of the National Democratic Congress.[12] [13] [14] [15]

Personal life

Oteng Gyasi is a Christian.[8] She has five children:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-02-28 . First Lady inaugurates Huni Valley Health Centre . 2022-05-22 . Ghanaian Times . en-US.
  2. Web site: Deputy Ministers . Government of Ghana . 2 August 2017 . 24 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924104720/http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/deputy-ministers . dead .
  3. Web site: Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees . Graphic Ghana . 15 March 2017 . 2 August 2017.
  4. Web site: List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers . Yen Ghana . 15 March 2017 . 2 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state . Cifi FM Online . 15 March 2017 . 2 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers . Ghana Web . 20 February 2017 . 2 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Catherine Afeku out, Barbara Gyasi now Tourism Minister . 2020-01-29 . Myjoyonline.
  8. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2019-03-02 . Parliament of Ghana.
  9. Web site: Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Biography . 2022-08-14 . Ghana web.
  10. Web site: 2020-12-08. Tourism Minister Barbara Oteng Gyasi loses Prestea-Huni-Valley seat to NDC. 2020-12-08. Modern Ghana. en.
  11. Web site: FM . Peace . Prestea Huni Valley Constituency Results - Election 2016 . 2023-11-18 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  12. Web site: Prestea Huni-Valley – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report. 2023-11-05. en-US.
  13. Web site: FM. Peace. Prestea Huni Valley Constituency Results - Election 2020. 2023-11-05. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  14. Quansah. IF. Amankwah. RK. 2011-03-11. Bore and Well Water Quality Studies in The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality and Prestea-Huni-Valley District, SW Ghana. Ghana Mining Journal. 12. 1. 10.4314/gm.v12i1.64370. 0855-210X. free.
  15. Web site: Parliamentary Results for Prestea-huni Valley. 2023-11-05. mobile.ghanaweb.com.