Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Birth Date: | 1951 |
Death Date: | 5 December 2012 |
Death Place: | Accra |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Children: | eight |
Occupation: | Chief executive officer of sidalco group of companies and radio xyz |
Profession: | Politician, businessman and philanthropist |
David Lamptey | |
Office2: | Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korle Constituency |
Term Start2: | 7 January 1997 |
Term End2: | 6 January 2001 |
David Lamptey was a businessman, philanthropist, Ghanaian Politician and a member of parliament for the Klottey-Korley Constituency.[1] [2]
Lamptey who was 61 years old as of December 2012[2] was a businessman, a philanthropist, politician, the owner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Radio XYZ and Sidalco Group of Companies.[3] He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey-Korle Constituency, at Osu in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of National Democratic Congress after decamping from the New Patriotic Party.[3] Lamptey was credited for introducing new brands of liquid fertilizers to boost agricultural productivity in the country.
Lamptey was a member of parliament of the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana for the Klottey-Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 1996 Ghanaian general elections. He polled a total votes casts of 20,485 representing 26.20% during the 1996 Ghanaian Parliamentary elections over his opponents Tei Okunor an Independent Candidate who polled 17,205 votes which also represent 22.00% of the total votes cast, Gilbert K.Quartey of the New Patriotic Party also polling 17,090 votes representing 21.90% of the total votes cast, Adolf Lutterodt of the Convention People's Party polled 4,897 votes representing 6.30% of the total votes cast, Kwame Nyarko Akuffo-Mensah an Independent Candidate also polled 2,173 votes which represent 2.80% of the total votes cast, Buniyamin Mohamed Buniyamin of the People's National Convention had no votes cast so as Ahmed Nii Kpakpo Oti Vanderpu an Independent Candidate.[4]
Lamptey was a businessman, philanthropist, a politician and chief executive officer of Sidalco group of companies and Radio XYZ.
He was married with eight children.[5]
Lamptey died on 5 December 2012 and was buried on 9 February 2013.