Kwabena Mintah Akandoh (born 19 June 1980) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Juaboso Constituency in the Western North Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.He was appointed by President Dramani Mahama as the Minister of Health

Early life and education

Akandoh was born on 19 June 1980. He hails from Sefwi Antobia a town in the

Western North Region The Western North region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in 2019. The region is bounded by the Ivory Coast ( Comoé District) on the west, the Central region in the southeast, and the Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East and Bono regions ...

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. He obtained his

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in Statistics and Mathematics from the

University of Cape Coast The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast in the central region of Ghana. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It operates on two ...

in 2007. He also holds a Bachelor of Law degree (LL.B) from Mountcrest University College and Masters of Law Degree (LL.M) in Natural Resources Law from the University of Ghana.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Akandoh was assistant director in charge of National Voluntary Programme of the National Service Scheme at its Head Office in

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Politics

Akandoh entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the Juaboso constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected to represent the constituency in the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

2016 election

Akandoh contested the Juaboso constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the

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and won with 17,233 votes representing 51.91% of the total votes. He was elected over Martha Kwayie Manu of

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, Stephen Mintah Cletron of the NDP, Oppong Ernestina 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 ...

and Abdul-Karim Ibraimah Ibrahim of the PNC. They obtained 15,604 votes, 164 votes, 111 votes and 87 votes respectively, equivalent to 47.00%, 0.49%, 0.33% and 0.26% of the total votes respectively.

2020 election

Akandoh was again elected as a member of parliament for the Juaboso constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the

2020 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama announce ...

with 22, 304 votes representing 53.10% of the total votes. He won the election over Martha Kwayie Manu of the New Patriotic Party who polled 19, 199 votes which is equivalent to 45.70%, parliamentary candidate for the GUM Teye Nicholas had 341 votes representing 0.81%, Elijah Appiah Frimpong of the PNC had 94 votes representing 0.22% and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Oppong Ernestina had 69 votes, representing 0.16% of the total votes. 2024 election Akandoh was re-elected as the member of parliament for Juaboso Constituency on the ticket of National Democratic Congress NDC in the December 2024 parliamentary election with 20,724 votes representing 52.48% over Alex Apaabeng of the NPP 18,672 votes representing 47.29% and the CPP candidate Oppong Ernestina with 92 votes representing 0.23%.

Personal life

Akandoh is married with five children. He identifies as a Christian and belongs to the Anglican denomination. Akandoh had an accident on the Nyinahin-Kumasi road 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 ...

of Ghana on Saturday, 29 July 2023, when his car collided with a Sprinter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akandoh, Kwabena Mintah Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1980 births Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017 Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians University of Cape Coast alumni Politicians from the Western North Region Ministers for health of Ghana