| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Desmond De-Graft Paitoo | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Birth Date: | 21 August 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Gomoa Dasum, Ghana |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Occupation: | Freight Forwarder |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Committees: | House Committee; Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Gomoa East Constituency |
| Term Start: | 7 January 2021 |
| President: | Nana Akuffo Addo |
| Predecessor: | Kojo Asemanyi |
Desmond De-Graft Paitoo (born 21 August 1969) is a Ghanaian politician who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the Gomoa East Constituency.[1] [2] [3]
Desmond De-Graft was born on 21 August 1969 and hails from Gomoa Dasum in the Central Region of Ghana. Desmond De-Graft had his MSLC in 1987, City and Guild Intermediate in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 and his Degree in Supply Chain Management (Procurement) in 2018.[4] [5]
Desmond De-Graft is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Desreen Shipping and Logistics.[6] He is a freight forwarder.
Desmond De-Graft is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[7] He contested and won the NDC parliamentary primaries for Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[8] [9]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general election, he lost the Gomoa East Constituency parliamentary seat to the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate Kojo Asemanyi. He lost with 15,010 votes making 42.5% of the total votes cast whilst Kojo had 17,654 votes making 50.0% of the total votes cast, an Independent candidate Marcus Yaw Danso who had 1,604 votes making 4.5% of the total votes cast, Eunice Assuman of PPP who also had 920 votes making 2.6% of the total votes cast and Godfred Kumedzro Cudjo of CPP had 105 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast.[10]
Desmond De-Graft won the parliamentary seat for the Gomoa East Constituency during the 2020 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with 36,637 votes making 49.46% of the total votes cast to join the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana against Kojo Asemanyi of the New Patriotic Party who had 135,873 votes making 48.42% of the total votes cast, Samuel Kofi Essel of GUM who had 1,397 votes making 1.89% of the total votes cast and Emmanuel Otchere of UPP who also had 173 votes making 0.23% of the total votes cast.[11] [12] [13]
Desmond De-Graft is a member of the House Committee. He is also a member of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Desmond De-Graft is a Christian
In January 2022, he pledged to support the construction of a health facility with hospital furniture and other items at Dampase in the Central Region.[14]
In November 2020, De-Graft was sued by Akwasi Adjetey, a businessman for allegedly collapsing his business.[15]