Amin Amidu Sulemana is a

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diplomat and politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Sissala West constituency in

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. He was also the Minister for Roads and Highways in Ghana. Aminu Amidu Sulemana was the Ghanaian ambassador to

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until he was appointed Upper West Regional Minister by President Mills in January 2012 following a cabinet reshuffle. He won the Sissala West constituency seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the December 2012 election and took his seat in the

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on 7 January 2013. He was appointed Minister for Roads and Highways by President Mahama in January 2013.

Early life

Amidu was born on 20 October 1955 in Gyawia in the

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. He attended

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(formerly Nandom Secondary School) in his region where he sat for his General Certificate Examination (GCE). He proceeded to further his studies at

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), commonly known as UST, Tech or Kwame Tech, is a public university located in Kumasi, Ashanti region, Ghana. The university focuses on science and technology. It is the second public uni ...

, Kumasi to pursue his

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degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

. He worked as an engineer before going into politics in 1992.

Political career

He was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ...

held on 29 December 1992. Amidu was re-elected into the second parliament of the fourth republic on 7 January 1997 after he was declared winner at the

1996 Ghanaian General Election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential elections, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC) was re-elected in a single round, defeating John Kufu ...

having defeated Moses Dani Baah of the People's National Convention and Solomon Salia Nmangu of the

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. He obtained 44.00% of the total valid votes which is equivalent to 16,688 votes while his oppositions claimed 33.20% which is equivalent to 12,589 votes and 3.00% which is equivalent to 1,150 votes respectively. His tenure ended on 6 January 2001.

2012 election

After years of serving as the

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to Egypt, Amidu decided to go back into parliament and became the standard bearer for the National Democratic Congress once again to represent his newly formed constituency Sissala West constituency. He defeated Patrick Al-hassan Adamahof the

, Bayirga Haruna of the People's National Convention and Abu Fatawu of the

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. He obtained 50.29% of the total valid votes which is equivalent to 11,294 votes while his opponents claimed 36.26% which is equivalent to 8,144 votes, 13.10% which is equivalent to 2,943 votes and 0.34% which is equivalent to 77 votes respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sulemana, Amin Amidu Living people Ghanaian Muslims Place of birth missing (living people) National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Government ministers of Ghana Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017 Ambassadors of Ghana to Egypt Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001 People from Upper West Region 1955 births

Early life

Political career

2012 election

See also

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