Joseph Cudjoe is a

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ian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Effia Constituency in the

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on the ticket of the

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Early life and education

Cudjoe was born on 2 October 1964. He hails from Effia a town in the

. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from 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 ...

Kumasi Kumasi is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is the second largest city in the country, with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region ...

and his MBA in Finance from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

Career

Joseph Cudjoe started his career as a Mathematics Teacher at the Archbishop Porter Girls Secondary School from January 1995 to October 1995. Cudjoe worked as a lecturer at the

Takoradi Technical University Takoradi Technical University is a public tertiary education institution (university) located in Sekondi-Takoradi, the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. Takoradi Technical University was established as a government technical institute ...

from 1995 to 2000. He later joined Eno International, LLC where he worked as a Financial Analysis & Planning Manager from 2000 to 2001. He became a Senior Consultant at SEM International Associates in April 2002 to October 2003 and then later the general manager at SEM International LTD from November 2003 to March 2004.From April 2004 until December 2012, Cudjoe was the Investment Manager for Ghana Cocoa Board.

Politics

Cudjoe entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the Effia constituency on the ticket of the

. He was elected once more to represent the constituency in 2016 In the parliamentary primaries of 2024 for the NPP, he was defeated in his attempt to represent the party by Isaac Nyarko Boamah.

Personal life

Cudjoe is married with three children. He identifies as a Christian.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cudjoe, Joseph Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1964 births Living people New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Politicians from Western Region (Ghana)