Frederick Opare-Ansah (born September 5, 1968) is an Electrical Engineer and Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Fourth to Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Suhum Constituency in the

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on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Early life and education

Opare-Ansah was born on September 5, 1958. He hails from Amankokrom-Akuapem, a town in the

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. He graduated from

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 ...

and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1994.

Employment

Opare-Ansah worked as the managing director of Third Rail (Ghana) Limited. He is an Engineer by profession.

Political career

Opare-Ansah is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He first became a member of the Parliament of Ghana representing

Suhum (Ghana parliament constituency) The Suhum constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana with the town Suhum as its capital. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Frank Asiedu Bekoe. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The consti ...

in January 2005 after emerging winner of his constituency polls in the

2004 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 perc ...

in December. He had a run of 4 consecutive terms in office represented his constituency in the 7th Parliament of Ghana. where he was the Chairperson of the Communications committee and was also a member of the committees on Finance and Business. In the 5th parliament of the 4th parliament of Ghana he was the Minority Chief Whip. After losing his bid to become the general secretary of the

New Patriotic Party The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...

in July 2022, he was appointed by the flagbearer and current vice president of

Mahamudu Bawumia Mahamudu Bawumia (born 7 October 1963) is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who served as the seventh vice president of Ghana from 7 January 2017 to 7 January 2025 under President Nana Akufo-Addo. He was the New Patriotic Party (NPP ...

as the campaign manager.

Elections

Opare-Ansah represented the

Suhum Suhum (Sūḫu, or Suhi) was an ancient geographic region around the middle course of the Euphrates River, in modern Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq.Edmonds, Alexander Johannes, "New Light on the Land of Sūḫu: A Review Article and new Political H ...

constituency as the Member of Parliament for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected on the ticket of the

by obtaining 17,461 votes out of the 38,577 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 45.3% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Jacob Kwaku Arkoh of the People's National Convention, Samuel Fleischer Kwabi of the National Democratic Congress, Francis Darby Kobena Inkoom of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UGC ...

, Matilda Garbrah an independent candidate. These obtained 0.75%, 41.02%, 0.77% and 12.20% respectively of total valid votes cast. He lost the

parliamentary elections in 2021 to Kwadjo Asante with 272 votes out of 666 votes cast. In March 2022, he declared his intention to run for the general secretary position of the

. He however polled 50 votes and lost the elections in July 2022 to Justin Koduah.

Personal life

Opare-Ansah is a Christian. He is married.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opare-Ansah, Frederick Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1968 births Living people New Patriotic Party politicians Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 Ghanaian Christians 21st-century Ghanaian engineers People from Eastern Region (Ghana) Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009