Hon. Kofi Amankwa-Manu | |
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Member of Parliament for Atwima-Kwanwoma Constituency | |
Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Atwima Foase, Ghana | 11 April 1968
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Research Assistant |
Committees | Gender and Children Committee; Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee |
Kofi Amankwa-Manu (born 11 April 1969) is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).[1][2] He is the member of parliament for the Atwima-Kwanwoma Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[3]
Amankwa-Manu was born on 11 April 1969 and hails from Atwima Foase in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He gaineed his Ordinary-level qualifications in 1989 and his Advanced levels in 1991. He further had his BSci in Banking and Finance in 2012 and his LLB in 2015.[4]
Amankwa-Manu served in the office of the president as the Head of Impact Assessment Unit during the first term of President Nana Akufo-Addo.[1] He was the research assistant Fonaa Institute. He was also the CEO of the Waltons Limited.[4]
Ahead of the 2020 Ghanaian general election, Amankwa-Manu entered the race for the parliamentary candidate in the NPP primaries in the Atwima-Kwanwoma Constituency.[5][6][7][8] In June 2020, he won the primaries for the Atwima-Kwanwoma constituency after defeating incumbent member of parliament (MP) Kojo Appiah-Kubi, who had served as MP for three terms and had been in parliament since January 2009.[9][10] He won by securing 415 votes, while the incumbent had 69 votes.[11]
Amankwa-Manu was elected member of parliament for Atwima-Kwanwoma in the 2020 December parliamentary elections. He was declared winner in the parliamentary elections after obtaining 78,209 votes representing 83.78% against his closest contender the National Democratic Congress' candidate Grace Agyemang Asamoah[5] of who had 14,730 votes representing 15.78%.[12][13][14]
Amankwa-Manu is a member of the Gender and Children Committee and also the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee.[4]
Amankwa-Manu is a Christian.[4]