Masoud Baba Abdul-Rahman Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Masoud Baba Abdul-Rahman
Office2:Member of Parliament for Pru Constituency
Term Start2:7 January 2009
Term End2:6 January 2013
President2:John Atta Mills
John Mahama
Office3:Member of Parliament for Pru Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2005
Term End3:6 January 2009
President3:John Kufuor
Birth Date:4 December 1952
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:National Democratic Congress
Children:5
Alma Mater:University of Cape Coast
Profession:Educationist

Masoud Baba Abdul-Rahman is a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Pru constituency.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Abdul-Rahman was born on 4 December 1952.[3] He hails from Yeji in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. He had his Bachelor of Science in Botany and Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast in 1979.

Career

He is an educationist. He was the Deputy Director at Ruyan Consult and Future Leaders Academy.

Politics

2004 elections

Abdul-Rahman was first elected as the member of parliament for the Pru constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He thus represented the constituency for the first time in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 22,080 votes out of 34,969 valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 63.10% of all total valid votes cast. He was elected over Amoah King David of the New Patriotic Party, Francis Dorkose Dawuda of the People's National Convention and Kingsley K. A. Abonkrah an independent candidate. These obtained 12,029, 555 and 305 votes respectively. These were equivalent to 34.40%, 1.6% and 0.9% of respectively of total valid votes cast. Abdul-Rahman was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4] [5] His constituency was a part of the 10 parliamentary seats out of a total 24 parliamentary seats won by the National Democratic Party for the Brong Ahafo Region. The National Democratic Congress won a minority of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats in that election for the members of parliament for the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[6] [7]

Abdul-Rahman was re-elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 4,096 votes[8] to become the MP. He was elected as the Member of parliament for the Pru constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[9] He was elected with 13,090 votes out of the 31,063 valid votes cast, equivalent to 42.1% of total valid votes cast.[10] He was elected over Alhaji Gariba Iddrisu of the New Patriotic Party, Bijabi Joses of the Democratic Freedom Party, Ponada Donkor George Evans of the Democratic People's Party, Ebenezer Agben of the Convention People's Party and Amoah King David an independent candidate. These obtained 28.95%, 0.82%, 1.03%, 0.45% and 26.61% respectively of the total valid votes cast. He was elected in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections.[11]

Personal life

Abdul-Rahman is married with five children.[12] He is a Muslim.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ghana MPs – MP Details – Abdul-Rahman, Masoud Baba . 2020-07-04 . Ghana MP's.
  2. Web site: 2015-11-22.
    1. NDCDecides: Power Minister Kwabena Donkor wins Pru East
    . 2020-07-04. Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. en-US.
  3. Web site: 2016-05-06. Ghana MPs – MP Details – Abdul-Rahman, Masoud Baba. 2020-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506210959/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=18. 6 May 2016.
  4. Web site: FM . Peace . Ghana Election 2004 Results – Pru East Constituency . 2020-08-02 . Ghana Elections – Peace FM.
  5. Book: Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections . Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung . 2005 . Ghana . 135.
  6. Web site: 2016-08-10 . Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results . 2020-08-02 . Fact Check Ghana . en-US.
  7. Web site: FM . Peace . Ghana Election 2004 Results – Brong Ahafo Region . 2020-08-02 . Ghana Elections – Peace FM.
  8. [MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008]
  9. Web site: Results Parliamentary Elections . 2020-07-09 . GhanaWeb.
  10. Book: Ghana Elections 2008. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. Ghana. 72.
  11. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2008 Results – Pru East Constituency. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections – Peace FM.
  12. Web site: 2016-05-06. Ghana MPs – MP Details – Abdul-Rahman, Masoud Baba. 2020-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506210959/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=18. 6 May 2016.