Francis Addai-Nimoh (born March 23, 1965) is a

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politician and a member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He represented the Mampong Constituency in the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of ...

on the ticket of the

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Personal life

He identifies as a

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and is married with three children.

Early life and education

Addai-Nimoh was born on March 23, 1965. He hails from Mampong-Nyinampong, a town in the Ashanti Region of

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. He attended the

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 ...

where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1993. He also attended the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

and obtained an executive master's degree in Public Administration.

Career

Addai-Nimoh is a Development planner by profession. He is also a civil engineer.

Politics

Addai-Nimoh is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In 2012, he contested for the Mampong seat on the ticket of the NPP in the

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s and won. He also served as a Member of parliament for Mampong between 2008 and 2016. He contested in the NPP's presidential primaries in 2014. He lost the bid to represent the party in 2015 parliamentary primaries. In the Annual National Delegates Conference 2022, Mr Nimoh predicted surprises of seeing new faces in the leadership of the NPP. He has in recent times joined the race for the NPP flagbearership for the 2024 elections. He, however, lost the election, coming in 4th out of four contestants.

References

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