Samuel Owusu Agyei

Hon. Sammuel Owusu Agyei
Member of Parliament for Effutu
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
President	John Kufuor
Preceded by	Mike Allen Hammah
Succeeded by	Mike Allen Hammah
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Alma mater	University of Wales
Profession	Politician

Samuel Owusu Agyei is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Effutu constituency in the Central region of Ghana in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana and a former minister of state for public sector reform[1][2]

Education

Agyei attended the University of Wales, where he obtained a Master of Science degree in economics.[3]

Politics

Agyei entered politics after being elected as the member of parliament for the Effutu Constituency in the Central region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[4] He thus represented the constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana from 7 January 2005 to 6 January 2009.[3] Agyei served for only a term as the member of parliament for the Effutu constituency. He was oust in the subsequent elections, the 2008 Ghanaian general elections, by the previous member of parliament for the same constituency in the third parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana, Mike Allen Hammah, of the major opposition party – the National Democratic Congress,[5][6] with Mike Allen Hammah polling a total valid votes count of 12,010 votes against Hammah's valid vote count of 15,124.[2] Agyei is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[3]

He was also the former Minister of State for Public sector reform during the Ex-President of Ghana His Excellency John Agyekum Kuffour's regime.[1][2]

2004 Elections

Agyei was elected as the member of parliament in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections with 13,651 votes out 26,710 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 51.1% of the total valid votes cast.[4][7] He was elected over the incumbent member of parliament for the same region, Hammah Mike Allen of the National Democratic Congress; and Sunu-Nuquaye Stephen of the Convention People's Party, Adelina Dennis of the Great Consolidated Popular Party and; Frank Ebo Sam and Isaac Arthur Aidoo – two independent candidates. These obtained 46.6%, 1.4%, 0.3%, 0.2% and 0.4% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[7] Agyei was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[3][4] His constituency was a part of the 16 constituencies won by the New Patriotic Party in the Central region in that elections.[8] In all, the New Patriotic Party won a total 128 parliamentary seats in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[9]

Personal life

Agyei is a Christian.[3]

References

1. "Balancing personal interest with the state's – a word from Owusu-Agyei". MyJoyOnline.com. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. "Ghana: Ministers, MPs, party chieftains defeated". MyJoyOnline.com. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004–2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004.
4. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results – Effutu Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results – Effutu Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results – Effutu Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
7. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections (PDF). Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 144.
8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results – Central Region". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
9. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

See also

• List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election