Donald Dari Soditey

Hon.
Donald Dari Soditey
Member of Parliament
In office
January 2005 – 2008
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byJoseph Trumah Bayel
ConstituencySawla/Tuna/Kalba
Member of Parliament
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
ConstituencySawla/Tuna/Kalba
MajorityNDC
Personal details
Born (1957-09-25) 25 September 1957 (age 67)
NationalityGhana Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children8
Alma materUniversity of Education, Winneba
OccupationTeacher

Donald Dari Soditey (born September 25, 1957) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Sawla/Tuna/Kalba Constituency in the Northern Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1]

Early life and education

Soditey was born on September 25, 1957.[2] He hails from Carpenteryir - Sawla, a town in the Northern Region of Ghana.[1] He earned a teachers' certificate in 1990.[1] He also studied for a Diploma in Education at the University of Education, Winneba.[2]

Career

Donald was a Principal Superintendent and a Headteacher as Belma Primary School.[2] He has been a Member of Parliament from January 2005.[2] He is an educationist and a teacher as well.[3]

Politics

Soditey is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In the 2008 Ghanaian general elections, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Sawla/Tuna/Kalba constituency for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic.[4] He was elected with 12,290 out of 21,050 of total valid votes cast, equivalent to 58.38% of total valid votes cast.[2][5] He was elected over Joseph Hongiri Naah Vugu of the New Patriotic Party, Yaapuo Edward Kwabena of the People's National Convention, Gilbieri Jonathan Laamiitey of the Democratic Freedom Party and Abdulai A Wahid of the Convention People's Party.[5] These obtained 38.33%, 1.49%, 0.67% and 1.13% respectively of total valid votes cast.[5] In 2012, he contested for the Sawla/Tuna/Kalba seat on the ticket of the NDC for the Member of parliament of the sixth parliament of the fourth republic and won.[1]

Personal life

Soditey is a Christian (Catholic).[2] He is married with eight children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Soditey, Donald Dari". GhanaMps. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Soditey, Dari Donald". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Soditey, Donald Dari". GhanaMps. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Results Parliamentary Elections". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 105.