Kweku Tanikyi Kesse Explained

Kweku Tanikyi Kesse
Office1:MP for Evalue-Gwira constituency
Term Start1:January 2013
Term End1:January 2017
President1:John Dramani Mahama
Predecessor1:Catherine Afeku
Successor1:Catherine Afeku
Birth Place:1967 7, df=y
Nationality:Ghanaian
Occupation:Politician

Kweku Tanikyi Kesse is a Ghanaian engineer and politician.[1] He is a former Member of Parliament of Evalue Gwira Constituency and a member of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana. He lost his re-election bid to Catherine Afeku in the 2016 parliamentary election whom he had earlier defeated during the 2012 parliamentary election.[2]

Early life and education

Kesse was born on 7 July 1967. He hails from Bamiankor, a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Automatic Control Engineering from the Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba in 1994.[1] [3]

Career

Kesse worked at the Tema Oil Refinery as a Projects Engineer from 1997 to 2002. He later joined RAM Engineering Limited where he worked as a Project Manager from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 until 2012, Kesse was the managing director of KABK Engineering Limited[1] [3]

Politics

Kesse entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the Evalue-Gwira constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He lost the seat in 2016 to Catherine Afeku of the New Patriotic Party[1] [3]

Personal life

Kesse is married with three children. He identifies as a Christian.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MPS . Ghana . Kessie, Kweku Tanikyi . 6 July 2017 . GhanaMps. .
  2. Web site: web . ghana . Kojo-Armah-laid-to-rest . 6 July 2017 . GhanaWeb. .
  3. Web site: Member of Parliament Kweku Tanikyi Kesse . Ghana Web . 1 February 2020 .