Birth Date: | 25 November 1945 |
Majority2: | NDC |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Alma Mater: | Specialist training College, Winneba |
Occupation: | Educationist |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Office: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start: | 7 January 2005 |
Term End: | 6 January 2009 |
President: | John Kufuor |
Predecessor: | None |
Constituency2: | Twifu-Atti Morkwaa |
Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Constituency: | Twifu-Atti Morkwaa |
Office2: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start2: | 7 January 2009 |
Term End2: | 6 January 2013 |
President2: | John Atta Mills |
Successor2: | Samuel Ato Amoah |
Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh |
Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh (born 25 November 1945) is an educationist[1] and Ghanaian politician. She was the Member of Parliament for the Twifu-Atti Morkwaa constituency in the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[2]
Amoah-Tetteh was born on 25 November 1945. She hails from Twifo-Abodom in the Central Region of Ghana. In 1974 she obtained a Diploma in Physical Education at the Specialist Training College in Winneba.
Amoah-Tetteh worked as an assistant director for Data Collection at the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education Service in Accra. She was a member of Parliament for the Twifo-Atti Morkwaa constituency and also the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Pre-tertiary Education[3] [4] during regime of His Excellency the Ex-President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.
Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh first represented the Twifo-Atti Morkwaa constituency as a member of parliament in the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana after winning on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections.[5] She obtained a total votes count of 14,724 votes out of the 28,632 valid votes cast representing 51.4% over her other candidates, Abraham Dwuma Odoom of the New Patriotic Party who pulled 13,086 votes representing 42.90% and Rose Buah-Bassuah of the Conventions People's Party who also obtained 1,577 votes representing 5.2%.[6] [7]
Amoah-Tetteh is married with seven children. She is a Christian.