Gibril Adamu Mohammed Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Gibril Adamu Mohammed
Office3:Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2005
Term End3:6 January 2009
President3:John Kufuor
Birth Date:1961
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:National Democratic Congress
Occupation:Medical Doctor

Gibril Adamu Mohammed was a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana.[1] [2] He was the Member of Parliament representing Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was a member of the National Democratic Congress.

Career

Mohammed was a medical doctor by profession.[3]

Political career

Mohammed was a member of the National Democratic Congress. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.

Elections

Mohammed was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the three parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Ashanti Region.[4] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[5] He was elected with 33,541 votes out of 67,485 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 49.7% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Thomas Atigah of the People's National Convention, Patricia Appiagyei of the New Patriotic Party, Hassan B. A. Abu-Bong of the Convention People's Party, Adam Diyawu Rahaman of the Democratic People's Party and Abdul Majeed Alhassan an independent candidate. These obtained 1,598, 29,067, 570, 204 and 2,505 votes respectively of total votes cast. These were equivalent to 2.4%, 43.1%, 0.8%, 0.3% and 3.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Mohammed was a Muslim.

Death

Mohammed died shortly after winning the parliamentary seat for Asawase constituency on 15 February 2005.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peace FM. Ghana Election 2004 Results - Asawase Constituency. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  2. Book: Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. Accra. 120.
  3. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004. Accra.
  4. Web site: 2016-08-10. Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results. 2020-08-02. Fact Check Ghana. en-US.
  5. Web site: Peace FM. Ghana Election 2004 Results - President. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.