Francis Osafo-Mensah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Francis Osafo-Mensah
Office2:Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency
Term Start2:7 January 2005
Term End2:6 January 2009
President2:John Kufuor
Successor2:Seth Kwame Acheampong
Office3:Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2001
Term End3:6 January 2005
President3:John Kufuor
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:New Patriotic Party
Alma Mater:Durham University
Profession:Medical doctor

Francis Osafo Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of parliament for the Mpraeso constituency of the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1] He was also a former regional minister of the said region and a member of the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[2]

Early life and education

He was born in the year 1936 to a noble family in the Eastern region.[3] He had his bachelor's degree in Durham University located in the United Kingdom and also majored in Medicine and Surgery.[4] [5]

Career

Osafo-Mensah is a surgeon by profession. He is also a medical doctor.[6]

Politics

Mensah's political career begun in 1996 when he contested as a parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party as a representative of the Mpraeso constituency.[7] He won this seat with a total of 14,906 votes making 41% of the total votes cast that year.[8] He retained his seat in the 2000 general elections with a total of 13,080 giving 54% of total votes cast.[9] His competitors were on the tickets of; National Democratic Congress (NDC), People's National Convention (PNC), National Reform Party (NRP) and the United Ghana Movement (UGM).

The representatives of the parties were Mike K.S. Akyeampong, Asiamah Godfried Nyarko,Kwabena Adjei and Aninakwa Samuel Kyeramanteng respectively. The NDC had a total votes of 10,318 which is equal to 42.90%. PNC had 265 votes which is equivalent to 1.10%, NRP had 261 which also is equal to 1.10% and the UGM Had 113 votes which is comparable to 0.50% of the total votes cast.[10] Mensah retained his seat for the third time on the ticket of the New Patriotic party in the 2004 general elections with 67.4% of the total votes cast.[11] His parliamentary term ended in 2009.

Personal life

Francis Osafo-Mensah is a Christian.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 November 2007 . Ghana National Party plan to eliminate Preventable Diseases . 4 August 2020 . Ghana Web . en.
  2. Web site: Ghana: Eastern Region Ready For Investment.
  3. Web site: Elections 2004 - Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections . Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  4. Web site: Durham University – Durham University . 4 August 2020 . Dur Ac United kingdom.
  5. Web site: Ghana Parliamentary Register (2004–2008) . 4 August 2020 . wikidata . en.
  6. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004–2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004. Ghana.
  7. Web site: Online . Peace FM . We Need To Build A Stronger, Prouder And Better Kwahu – OPK Declares As He Files To Contest Mpraeso NPP . 4 August 2020 . Peace Fm online . en-US.
  8. Web site: FM. Peace. Parliament – Mpraeso Constituency Election 1996 Results. 4 August 2020. Ghana Elections – Peace FM.
  9. Järvisalo. J.. Saris. N. E.. 1 September 1975. Action of propranolol on mitochondrial functions—effects on energized ion fluxes in the presence of valinomycin. Biochemical Pharmacology. 24. 18. 1701–1705. 10.1016/0006-2952(75)90009-x. 0006-2952. 13.
  10. Web site: Parliament: Eastern Region. 2020-09-03. Peace FM Online.
  11. Web site: FM. Peace. Parliament – Eastern Region Election 2004 Results. 4 August 2020. Ghana Elections – Peace FM.

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