Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah
Ghanaian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah is a Ghanaian politician and a member of parliament representing Gomoa East constituency in the Central region of Ghana.[1][2]
Hon. Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | Gomoa East |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Richard Sam Quarm |
| Majority | NDC |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1972 |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Coast |
| Occupation | Educationist |
Ekow was born on 3 November 1972[3] in Potsin, a town in the Central Region of Ghana.He is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast where he obtained a Diploma in Management Studies in 2006.[2][1]
He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1] He was first elected as member of the parliament to represent Gomoa East Constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian General Elections. He thus represented the constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic. He was elected with 18,908 votes out of the 35,212total valid votes cast, equivalent to 53.70% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Richmond Sam Quarm of the New Patriotic Party, Kofi Otu of the Democratic Freedom Party and Richmond K. Anwumanyi Grant of the Convention People's Party.[4] These obtained 37.77%, 0.76% and 7.78% respectively of total valid votes cast.[4] He also won his re-election bid into the office in the 2012 General Elections but lost his third re-election bid into the office in 2016 General Elections.[5] He was a committee member on Gender and Children, Employment, Social Welfare and State, Public Accounts.[2] He was succeeded in office by kojo Asemanyi of the New Patriotic Party.[5]
He is an educationist/teacher and was the proprietor of Multi-Care Preparatory School in Gomoa-Potsin.[1][2]
Ekow is married with two children. He is a Christian (Methodist).[1][2]
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