Peter Wiafe Pepera Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Peter Wiafe Pepera
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of Ghanaian Parliament for Abetifi Constituency
Term Start:January 2009
Term End:May 2016
Successor:Bryan Acheampong
Birth Date:9 May 1954
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:New Patriotic Party
Alma Mater:University of Birmingham

Peter Wiafe Pepera (9 May 1954 - 21 May 2016) was a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament of Abetifi constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He was a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. He was succeeded by Bryan Acheampong.[1] [2]

Personal life

Pepera was born on 9 May 1954. He hailed from Abetifi, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He was an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, UK and obtained his Master of Science degree in systems engineering in 1980. He worked as managing director for Paramount Distilleries. He served as Member of Parliament from January 2009 until his death in 2016.

Politics

He was a member of the National Democratic Congress in the 1990s until he defected to the New Patriotic Party in the 2000s.[3] Whilst in the NDC, He served as deputy Minister of Trade and Industry under the Rawlings government.[4] [5]

Pepera was a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He represented Abetifi Constituency in the 5th parliament of Ghana. In 2012, he contested for re-election into the Abetifi parliamentary office on the ticket of the NPP to represent in the sixth parliament of the fourth republic and he won. He was a member of the Committee of Privileges, House, Trade, Industry and Tourism[6]

Personal life

Pepera identified as a Christian and a Jedi.[2]

Death

He died on 21 May 2016, aged 62, at a hospital in Accra after a short illness, aged 62[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 July 2016 . Bryan Acheampong Sworn-In As Abetifi MP . 31 July 2017 . Modern Ghana.
  2. Web site: Ghana MPs - MP Details - Pepra, Wiafe Peter . 2020-02-09 . Ghana MPs.
  3. Web site: 31 October 2001 . Ex-Deputy Trade and Industry Minister quits active politics . 2020-12-26 . ghanaweb. . en.
  4. Web site: Divestiture of SOEs justified — Pepera. 2020-12-26. Modern Ghana. en.
  5. Book: Aryeh, Elvis. Daily Graphic: Issue 147838, February 19 2000. 2000-02-19. Graphic Communications Group. en.
  6. Web site: Ghana Parliament member Peter Wiafe Pepera . 2020-07-06 . ghanaweb.
  7. Web site: 2016-05-21. NPP's Abetifi MP Peter Wiafe Pepera dead. 2020-07-06. GhanaPoliticsOnline. en-US.
  8. Web site: 2016-07-22. State funeral held for late Abetifi MP in Accra [Photos]]. 2020-12-26. Pulse Ghana. en-US.