Michael Coffie Boampong (6 March 1962 – 29 January 2018) was an Accountant and Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Bia West Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

Early life and education

Boampong was born on 6 March 1962. He hailed from Sefwi Essam, a town in the Western Region of

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. He graduated from the Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana, and obtained his Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting Option) in 1987.

Politics

Boampong was a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He became MP representing Bia West Constituency in January 2001 and had a run of three consecutive terms afterwards. In 2012, he contested for the Bia West seat on the ticket of the NDC Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic and won, which was his last term in office. He was a committee member on the committees for Poverty Reduction Strategy, Roads and Transport, and the Special Budget Committee. Boampong was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Bia West constituency in the Western Region of

in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He therefore represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 24,267 votes out of the total votes cast. This is equivalent to 68.50% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Benjamin Armah 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 ...

and Albert Adomako 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 ...

. These two obtained 11,179 and 0 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 31.50% and 0.00% respectively of the total valid votes cast. Boampong was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. The National Democratic Congress won a total of nine parliamentary seats in the Western Region in that elections. In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.

Career

Boampong worked as an accountant. He was an Assistant Inspector of Taxes at the IRS. He was an MP since January 2001.

Personal life

Boampong was married and had six children. He was a

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Death

Boampong died on 29 January 2018 on admission at the 37 Military Hospital, Accra after a short illness.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boampong, Michael Coffie National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians 1962 births 2018 deaths People from Western Region (Ghana) Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013